A quiet but alarming shift is emerging in US hospitals. A new study has revealed a disturbing rise in life-altering ...

Diabetes-related amputations represent one of the most severe complications of the disease, affecting thousands of patients annually. Medical research consistently demonstrates that understanding ...

Ten years ago, while working as an attending physician, Dr. Carl Stevens noticed a disturbing pattern: the majority of his patients with diabetes who acquired infections requiring amputation were from ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . New data show that in patients with peripheral artery disease, the use of statins, particularly high-intensity ...

Amputation rates have long been higher in rural America. But in cities, the highest rates are associated with poverty and being Black, a new study shows. Amputation rates have long been higher in ...

DALLAS, Aug. 25, 2021 — Poverty and Black race were associated with higher rates of lower leg amputation among people with peripheral artery disease who live in metropolitan areas, according to new ...

People in African American communities in Chicago have a five times higher rate of lower limb amputations than people in the predominantly white suburbs and exurbs. This starkly contrasts to a ...