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.

Thunder guard Nikola Topić is set to miss extended time after being diagnosed with testicular cancer. Oklahoma City general manager Sam Presti announced that the second-year guard, who is just 20 ...

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 ...

Oklahoma City Thunder general manager Sam Presti announced that rookie guard Nikola Topic has been diagnosed with testicular cancer. "I want to give a health update on Nikola Topic," Presti began. "I ...

San Antonio-based University Health is working to reduce limb amputation with its new Limb Salvage Clinic. The clinic, located in its Texas Diabetes Institute, offers treatments for high blood ...

A grinning woman is being hunted for allegedly breaking into a man’s home and cutting his testicle, leaving it “clearly exposed.” Jeanita Hopings, 45, is wanted after allegedly kicking down the door ...

The 2024-25 season was a setback for Thunder guard Nikola Topić, and the lead-up to this season has been hampered by another medical situation. Topić underwent a testicular procedure and will ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla (WFLA) — A Manatee County mother of three wants someone held accountable. Hailey Van Dam had an above-the-knee amputation, which she believes could have been prevented. She claimed ...

A British doctor was sentenced to nearly 2 1/2 years behind bars for insurance fraud after claiming his legs were lost due to sepsis — when he actually forced the amputations for sexual gratification, ...

Our brain may not be as capable of rewiring following an amputation as we thought, which could have serious implications for how we treat a common complication called phantom limb pain. A part of the ...

Veronica Paulus is a former STAT intern supported by the Harvard University Institute of Politics. Neuroscientists have long held that the brain reorganizes itself when a body part is amputated. A new ...