Diabetes isn’t just about high blood sugar; it can cause strange symptoms like dark skin patches (acanthosis nigricans), ...

HOBOKEN, NJ – September 5, 2006 -- Untreated diabetic leg ulcers may result in amputations. According to the Center of Disease Control, one out of six diabetics will require an amputation (below ...

Diabetes leg, foot amputations see dramatic drop. By Monica DyBuncio. January 27, 2012 / 10:35 AM EST / CBS News finger, blood, diabetes, blood test, istockphoto, 4x3 ...

Foot ulcers: Research identifies factors key to healing diabetes-related foot sores. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2011 / 10 / 111026091012.htm ...

Ask the Treatment Expert … about leg sores . Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC. Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC ...

Diabetes silently affects millions globally, ... Among the most severe outcomes is the risk of foot or leg amputation, ... Foot ulcers – open sores that ...

The committee concluded that UrgoStart should be recommended for patients with non-infected diabetic foot ulcers or venous leg ulcers. Cost-modelling overview. The EAC's updated models are more ...

He’d been nursing a small sore on his foot for weeks, cleaning it with alcohol, applying ointment and bandages. He thought it was healing. But the flurry of doctors who dashed in and out of the ...