The rise in diabetes and peripheral artery disease is taking a gruesome toll on Illinois residents, with a large spike in rates of leg and foot amputations performed in the state's hospitals.

Rates of leg and foot amputations in Illinois hospitals increased 65% between 2016 and 2023, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. "Unfortunately, by the time a patient with diabetes and/or PAD ...

Men, Black Americans, those living in areas with low socioeconomic status more affected The Illinois data from a diverse population (ethnic/racial, rural/metropolitan) likely reflects national ...

Rates of leg and foot amputations in Illinois hospitals increased 65% between 2016 and 2023, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. Men, Black patients, and those living in areas with low ...

The alpine ski racer explained that "compartment syndrome" was the reason why her Olympics injury was so complex.

An Arizona State University senior with Long Island roots will likely need to have her leg amputated after she was the victim ...

An emotional Lindsey Vonn shared Monday on Instagram that she could have lost her left leg following her crash in the Winter Olympics. Vonn revealed the trauma from the crash led to compartment ...

Vonn credited Dr. Tom Hackett, an orthopedic surgeon who works for Vonn and Team USA, for conducting a fasciotomy to salvage her leg. “He filleted it open (and) let it breathe, and he saved me,” she ...

Alpine skiing superstar Lindsey Vonn credited Dr Tom Hackett for saving her leg from amputation after her horrific crash at the Milan/Cortina Winter Olympics. In a video update posted on Instagram on ...

Osmania General Hospital in Hyderabad has launched a facility to provide free 3D-printed artificial limbs to poor patients ...