The Limb Salvage Clinic in San Antonio integrates cardiovascular and podiatric teams to help patients find solutions.

In October, South Texas Health System focuses on limb loss and amputation prevention. Tom Castaneda with STHS said the Rio ...

Living with diabetes requires vigilance on many fronts, but perhaps none as crucial as protecting your limbs from amputation. While many focus on monitoring glucose levels, understanding the ...

After reviewing the results of two large clinical trials, the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday concluded the Type 2 diabetes treatment canagliflozin leads to increased risk of leg and foot ...

LaVar Ball wrote a first-person account for Slam magazine of his experience with diabetes complications that resulted in him having part of his right leg amputated. (Natasha Campos / Getty Images for ...

Diabetes continues to pose a major global health challenge, contributing to millions of deaths each year and elevating the ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Medical professionals say saving a leg could also save your life. Members of the Florida-based non-profit group “Save a Leg, Save a Life Foundation” held a screening clinic this ...

ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famer Lou Brock, a former base stealing champion, has had his left leg amputated below the knee due to an infection related to diabetes. The Cardinals and a ...

The latest New York City public health campaign was so determined to make it very clear that diabetes leads to amputation that it created a fictional amputee. New York City's health department ...

When Derek from Indiana first noticed problems with his toes, he followed his doctor’s advice without question – amputation. Diabetes, they told him, was the culprit. One by one, his toes were ...