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Cholesterol drug cuts amputation risk for diabetics
May 26, 2009
Expert & Community Posts
Keeping Our Legs
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...just read it. Dr. Mark Hinkes, a podiatrist and amputation prevention specialist, wrote Keep... Read more »
Mirror Therapy in Phantom Limb Pain
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert...them visualize moving a normal limb instead of the amputation. But the pain was not reduced in... Read more »
Controlling Foot Ulcers
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...diabetes who get a foot ulcer will require a lower limb amputation. Yet half of us have never... Read more »
Migraineur Wins Phenergan Lawsuit
By Nancy Bonk , Health Expert...application of the drug. Twenty cases of gangrene and amputation were reported, yet Wyeth and... Read more »
Health Guide
Replantation of digits
Revascularization of amputated digits; Reattachment of amputated fingers Read more »Foot Pain: Introduction
...sensation in the feet and legs.According to the American Diabetes Association, about 82,000 lower extremity amputations related to diabetes were performed in 2002. The incidence of amputation... Read more »Your Blood's Amazing Trip through Your Vascular System
...what is called peripheral arterial disease or PAD. PAD can lead to sores, pain with walking, or amputation. Read more »Maintaining Vascular Health
...disease can lead to problems walking and in the most advanced cases, foot ulcers, gangrene, and possible amputation; and abdominal aortic aneuryism can result in death if not treated early. These... Read more »Peripheral Artery Disease
It isn’t only accidents and wars that result in amputations; peripheral arterial disease (PAD) can lead to loss of a leg. The disease affects more than 8 million people in the U.S., especially... Read more »Images
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