What brought me here the most was the thought in my head, ‘I am here because of my kids,’ ” he said. “Not everybody has that. If I didn’t have my kids, I don’t know that I would have made it. My ...

Diabetes is a significant cause of amputations, even though 80 per cent of foot amputations due to diabetes are preventable. In 2019, the number of people globally aged 40 years and older with PAD ...

For the past year, he has been living in pain after an accident at home led to a rare break in his foot. Now, he needs specialty surgery, to avoid amputation. "I love to do things with my son," 41 ...

About 50% of patients with diabetic foot infections who have foot amputations die within five years. Properly managed most can be cured, but many patients needlessly undergo amputations because of ...

In the same report, doctors from partner organization Medical Aid for Palestinians said children's wounds are not healing due to increased levels of malnutrition, leading to amputations that would ...

But the same leg soon became an issue again when he was on a foot patrol, zigzagging through ... When he returned home, he had to rely on either a prosthetic leg or a wheelchair so Matt needed ...

A prosthetic hand that weighs about half that of a human hand also enables wearers to carry out intricate tasks, such as tying knots ...

Doctors struggled to keep Ms Griffiths' infection under control and reportedly told her if the situation continued, she may have to have her foot amputated. 'Two different surgeons came to visit ...

A Sussex teenager who had a quadruple amputation after contracting sepsis is preparing to stand again as he tries on his first prosthetic limb. Hamish Wilson, 18, from Crowborough, had just begun ...