Amputation might be a risk factor for chronic kidney disease. Traumatic amputation that is not related to diabetes or peripheral vascular disease may still lead to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), ...

According to a new study, there were more than 950 cases of traumatic amputations among children aged 17 years and younger in the United States in 2003. Of these cases, finger and thumb amputations ...

The report in Diabetes Care, the official journal of the American Diabetes Association, comes after reports of rising rates of diabetes and obesity among young adults and soaring insulin costs, which ...

INCREASING mechanization of the environment in which people and their children live has resulted in increased exposure to the factors that may produce injuries resulting in loss of extremities.

A pedestrian suffered a traumatic amputation after a violent three-vehicle crash in Chambersburg, authorities said. The crash happened when the driver of a silver minivan failed to stop at a steady ...

LAKE BERRYESSA – A man suffered what first responders called a "traumatic" partial amputation after he fell off a boat at Lake Berryessa and was struck by a propeller. The Napa County Sheriff's Office ...

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 ...