Researchers have found in a study of 2,542 adults that diabetes is associated with a 62% higher 5-year mortality rate ...

Medicare introduced the K level system to better evaluate the prosthetic benefits for people who have had amputations of their lower limbs. Federal and state healthcare agencies may use K levels ...

Objective The goal of the study was to determine whether complications of diabetes well-known to be associated with death such as cardiovascular disease and renal failure fully explain the higher ...

White's revision surgery, performed by Ayalon, went smoothly. White spent several months afterward using a wheelchair and ...

Long-term high blood sugar levels, oxidative stress ... can completely damage the nerves in your lower limbs, possibly leading to limb loss and amputation. In some cases, unmanaged diabetes ...