Haunted by military past and leg amputation, Army veteran fights back to run marathons
Long after coming home, Bittenbender remained haunted by that unfinished conversation, tormented by his incomplete answer to ...
Tribune News Service on MSN4d
Middle-aged adults with blocked leg arteries may face high risk of amputation
People in their 50s with severely narrowed leg arteries may face a high risk for major amputations despite having emergency ...
McKnight's Senior Living5h
Comorbid diabetes increases risk for lower extremity amputation with kidney disease
(HealthDay News) — Patients with comorbid diabetes have an elevated risk for lower extremity amputation (LEA) at all stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) compared with patients without diabetes, ...
Bristol Post12d
Boy has leg amputated after 'unacceptable' surgeon Yaser Jabbar operated on him
The parents of a teenage boy operated on by controversial surgeon Dr Yaser Jabbar have told of how he had to have his leg amputated shortly afterwards. The family spoke out amid a probe into ...
Kent Online4d
Herne Bay woman, 20, has leg amputated after small lump on shin turns out to be bone tumour
A young woman had to have her leg amputated after a small lump on her shin doctors had said was “nothing to worry about” turned out to be cancerous. Matilda Peachey, from Herne Bay ...
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'The doctor told me count to three - and he cut my leg': The generation of Palestinian children with devastating amputations after a year of war
The three-year-old's left leg has been amputated right up to the hip, his right leg cut below the knee. The doctors couldn't save three of the fingers on his left hand. Image: Jihad, who lost both ...
New York Post11d
‘Miracle’ Colorado worker loses both legs in wood chipper freak accident on first day on job
O’Neill, who had battled addiction and is now sober and excited about his new job, had both legs amputated above his ... s ankle monitor and dragged his leg into the spinning blades where ...
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BNSF Railway confirms train involved in incident that ended in woman's leg amputation downtown
BNSF Railway has confirmed one of their trains was involved in an incident Monday night that ended with a woman's leg amputated.
The Mercury17d
Pottstown man admits to neglecting puppy who suffered broken leg, amputation
“Radiographs were taken and revealed a fracture of the right hind leg,” Glauner and Graham ... performed “a right mid-femoral amputation on Silgo,” according to court documents.
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Manitoba's diabetes-associated leg amputations higher than national average, new report says
Manitoba saw more than double the national average of diabetes-associated leg amputations between 2020 and 2023, according to a Canadian Institute for Health Information report published Thursday ...
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Most lower-limb amputations in Canada caused by diabetes, report finds
The CIHI drew on 2020-2023 nationwide data to develop conclusions and recommendations about diabetes care, focusing on lower limb amputations such as the leg, foot or toes. Diabetes-associated ...
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Manitoba's diabetes-associated leg amputations higher than national average, new report says
The numbers show age-standardized rates of diabetes-associated leg amputations were 19 per 100,000 in Manitoba, compared with nine per 100,000 nationally. That's approximately 200 leg amputations ...