Unmanaged diabetes can lead to amputations, usually of the toes, feet, or legs. Causes include reduced blood flow or peripheral neuropathy. Managing your blood sugar may help prevent it.

LaVar Ball, the CEO of Big Baller Brand and father of Lonzo Ball, LiAngelo Ball and LaMelo Ball, is opening up about the serious medical condition that led to his right foot being amputated.

Raghavendra is not alone. India saw two million amputations in 2019, according to one study, the only such global survey of the procedure that has been carried out. The study found that India had ...

The result was initially terrifying, with Monger undergoing a double-leg amputation as a result of the extreme injuries he sustained. In a split second, the teenager was facing a very different ...

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Stephanie Coral Browitt survived a deadly volcanic disaster in 2019. Today, after years of a "painful and exhausting" recovery journey, she says she's learning to "love myself in my new skin ...

Bahar Saba, senior Iran researcher at Human Rights Watch, said: “Amputation is torture, plain and simple. Yet Iran persists in carrying out cruel and inhuman punishments that fly in the face of ...

Throughout the 17-month war, supplies and services for children and adults with amputations have fallen far short of demand. Gaza’s ceasefire that began in mid-January offered a window for aid ...

The Plano doctor said he performed an average of four amputations per day during his time in Gaza. The hospital he worked at had a mini-cemetery in its courtyard, with graves of people who died in ...