I had been in an extreme amount of pain,” he said, calling the amputation “a massive relief.” “I could start over and the quality of life I'm looking to have is within reach.

Diabetes can increase your odds of amputation. WebMD explains how the kidney disease can affect your legs and feet.

White had known that amputation was a risk of Charcot's foot but had hoped the day would never come. Doctors completed a below-the-knee amputation of her right leg. At first, things were going well.

After a pedicure, Glenn Morris suffered a bone infection that led to a leg amputation, calling the procedure “a massive relief" from an "extreme amount of pain" Kennedy News and Media Glenn ...

The value of the transmetatarsal amputation in diabetic patients was first reported in 1949 by McKittrick and his co-workers. 1 It has frequently been used since then at the New ... Indications ...

The amputation happened May 27, and within about a week the 62-year-old man was dead. A criminal complaint gave no indication the amputation was a factor in his death.

Although amputation is a common complication of diabetes, it's preventable. Here's what you need to know.

Around the world, there are half a billion adults living with diabetes, many of whom will develop foot ulcers. Across the United States, 85% of all non-traumatic amputations are directly linked to ...

There is no indication in the complaint that the amputation hastened the death. Senior home abuse: Congress examines ‘horrors’ at for-profit nursing homes, ...

Amputation: Another way ants are just like us : Short Wave Some ants herd aphids. Some farm fungi. And now, scientists have realized that when an ant injures its leg, it sometimes will turn to a ...

The process of amputation takes about 40 minutes and requires one ant to chew on its nestmate's affected leg, according to Laurent Keller, one of the researchers in the study.