Amputation in Medical News

Drug May Lessen Amputation Risk for Diabetics

Researchers suggest that findings could alter treatment methods,, THURSDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- The chances of having to have a limb amputated because of diabetes were reduced by 36 percent when people with type 2 diabetes were given the drug fenofibrate to lower their blood fat...

MEDIHONEY Used to Prevent Amputation of Patient's Leg

Clinicians at major NY hospital tout MEDIHONEY(TM) at press conference PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Derma Sciences, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DSCI) , a provider of advanced wound care products, announced today that MEDIHONEY was the focus of a major press conference las...

Study Finds Preventative Diabetes Care Reduces Amputation Occurrence

Americans Urged: "Elect to Save Your Feet," Get Annual Foot Check-ups BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nearly 246 million people across the globe battle diabetes and its complications every year. However, medical care for diabetes is often not sought in time to prevent serio...

African Americans have 5 times higher amputation rate

CHICAGO The overall amputation rate in northern Illinois is declining due to improved care for diabetes and peripheral vascular disease, new research shows. But not everyone is reaping the benefits. A new study from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine has found people in...

Mental health linked to amputation risk in diabetic veterans

Philadelphia, PA, December 20, 2007 For U.S. veterans with diabetes, lower scores on a test of mental health functioning are associated with an increased risk of major amputations, reports a study in the November/December issue of the journal General Hospital Psychiatry. "Our findings suggest ...

Phantoms in the brain: Pain after amputation

This release is available in French . Montreal, May 12, 2008 Losing a limb can be a traumatic experience and, in some cases, emotional and physical pain can linger for years. To better understand the phenomenon, dubbed phantom limb syndrome, Universit de Montral graduate student Emma Duer...

Infection-Induced Amputation On Diabetic Foot – Study Release

A first study using large population revealed information on diabetes and foot as ‘Diabetics with infection in foot are at a 55-fold greater risk for hospitalization, and about 154 times greater risk for amputation’//. This study was carried out for a period of 2 years by researchers from Texas A&M...

Adequate Foot Care, the Only Way to Prevent Amputation of Lower Limbs in Diabetics

Diabetics need to be cautious about monitoring blood sugar levels, which is also known to cause damage to the blood vessels that course through the lower limbs, giving rise to amputations, according to a recent study. // The risk for diabetics to suffer lower limb amputations is pronounced, 15 time...

Diabetic Amputation May Reduce If Free Screenings Are There

USA is all set to start a free screening program to detect peripheral arterial disease (PAD) on time to prevent loss of legs from diabetes amputations. Called Legs For Life? this program can help detect the onset of the condition early and can help to reduce the chances of having an amputation by h...

The Clue to a Diabetic Requiring an Amputation may lie in the Retina of ones Eye.

Amputations continue to be a major complication of diabetes, despite the fact most are preventable. About one //half of all amputations are currently performed among the diabetic population. Researchers studied changes in the tiny blood vessels in the retinas of about 900 diabetic patients who ...

Court Seeks Explanation from Hospital for Childs Amputation

The shocking story of medical negligence that led to a one-year-old child having his foot amputated has moved the Delhi High Court to ask the concerned hospital for an explanation. In January, a fractured leg brought Jai to the government-run Safdarjung Hospital in the capital where his li...

Multi-Year Data Shows PAD Treatment Prevents Amputation

Research presented today shows angioplasty and stenting can prevent amputation and restore blood flow in the lower extremities of patients// with severe critical limb ischemia and gangrene (tissue loss). At eighteen months, the tiny arteries below the knee remained open, with a ninety-one percent s...

Hospital Issues Apology After Amputation

A hospital has issued an apology after a diabetic man who suffered a burnt toe was ordered to undergo amputation of his left leg with a misdiagnosis of gangrene.// Derek Atkinson, 56, from Newton Aycliffe, revealed that he had sought the opinion of a consultant at Bishop Auckland General Hospital. ...

Physiotherapy helps amputation

Contractures are very common in patients who undergo lower limb amputation. Proper guidance on positioning of the limb is important to prevent such complications. That patient has the tendency to keep the leg in the bent position, which is incorrect.// The correct position is to keep the limb stra...

Nick Jonas Joins with Washington Nationals to Support Children with Diatbetes

...are at risk of developing serious health complications, such as heart disease, kidney disease, blindness, stroke, and loss of circulation resulting in amputation of limbs. There is no cure for diabetes; it is a 24-hour-a-day disease requiring intervention, monitoring, and balancing food choices to maintain a ch...

Wound Management Technologies, Inc Announces Conference Plans and Presentations on Advanced Wound Care Product

...lthcare System. Dr. Rothenberg is also one of the featured speakers and will be presenting "Prophylactic Surgery in the Diabetic Foot and Partial Ray amputation Outcomes." Also being presented is "CellerateRx(R) An Evidence Based Skin Tear Study: Interim Evaluation" by Dr. Jane Fore, MD, FAPWCA, FACCWS...

Recoveries Secured by Philadelphia Personal Injury Law Firm Feldman Shepherd Rank among Top 50 in Pennsylvania and Top 100 in U.S.

...n VerdictSearch's "Top 100 Verdicts and Settlements of 2008." The case arose out of a New Jersey motor vehicle accident that resulted in the amputation of the plaintiff's left leg and serious injuries to the plaintiff's left arm and right leg. The plaintiff, then-18-year-old Nicholas Anderson, lost co...

Cell transplantation and cardiac repair

...utologous bone marrow cell (aBMC) transplants in patients at major risk for amputation due to the loss of blood flow to a limb (limb ischemia) and who have failed...ascular Center. "Among the patients in whom limb salvage was successful and amputation avoided, the leg was also pain-free and usable." Dr. Amann noted that the...

Mission Predisan and Jackson Healthcare (JH) Partner for Medical Missions

...;C), Jackson Therapy Partners (JTP) and Travel Nurse Solutions (TNS). The team treated a young man, Enrique, who experienced complications from a leg amputation following a motorcycle accident. Following his treatment, he was brought to the U.S. for further care. Visit http://bit.ly/kUkQ3 to view Enrique's ...

Vanderbilt researchers pioneer an advanced sepsis detection and management system

...out his research, he begins with the dramatic story of Mariana Bridi da Costa: The young Brazilian supermodel died from severe sepsis in January after amputation of both her hands and feet failed to stop its spread. Martin, who is a fellow in allergy, pulmonary and critical care medicine, is part of an inter...

Sangamo BioSciences Presents Positive Phase 2 ZFP Therapeutic Data at ADA 2009

... go unnoticed. Despite palliative treatment, these areas of trauma frequently become infected and this infection may spread to the bone, necessitating amputation of the leg or foot. More than 60 percent of non-traumatic lower-limb amputations in the United States occur among people with diabetes. In 2004, this ...

Misonix Announces Participation in Annual Diabetic Foot Global Conference

...ies, and non-healing wounds of the lower extremities and the appropriate treatment protocols. Healing of wounds, revascularization, and prevention of amputation are included in their overall strategy for positive patient outcomes. The SonicOne is an innovative, ultrasonic wound care system that offers tis...

National Meningitis Association Launches Interactive Online Panel About Meningitis Dangers

...as coming down with the flu. The next day he had to be rushed to the hospital, where he was diagnosed and treated. Carl survived, but had to undergo amputation of both of his feet and three of his fingers as a result of the infection. Jane Hession of Alexandria, Virginia -- Jane's son Brendan was i...

Make No Small Plans: M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Endeavors to Make Cancer History

...quired treatment ten times for primary tumors or recurrences, including the amputation of his left forearm. "The reader should know that M. D. Anderson has been a...tiple brain surgeries, rounds of chemotherapy and radiation therapy and the amputation of his left forearm. In an especially poignant moment in Making Cancer...

Injured Marines at Risk for Abnormal Bone Growth

...at the medical center, including patients who underwent: amputation external or internal fixation of one or more fractures remo... presence and severity of traumatic brain injury the presence of an amputation multiple injuries to the extremities a high Injury Severit...

The Quigley Corporation Reports First Quarter 2009 Results

...nical studies. The sural nerve carries sensation from the feet and its pathology is the fundamental cause of foot pain and ultimately foot ulcers and amputation in some diabetic subjects. These findings necessitate a change in the potential outlook for this investigational new drug. The Diabetic Peripher...

Injured Marines at risk for abnormal bone growth

...evelopment of this condition which include: an age of less than 30 years the presence and severity of traumatic brain injury the presence of an amputation multiple injuries to the extremities a high Injury Severity Score Heterotopic ossification is often associated with injuries to the brain or s...

Unexpected Positive Finding Expands Potential for Quigley QR333 Drug for Diabetic Neuropathy; Findings Suggest Possible Disease Modification

...nical studies. The sural nerve carries sensation from the feet and its pathology is the fundamental cause of foot pain and ultimately foot ulcers and amputation in some diabetic subjects. The positive findings were detected in compliant patients (approximately 50% of the original intent to treat populati...

Wound Management Technologies, Inc. Announces the Presentation of Evidence Based Clinical Studies at the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care Conference in Dallas

...Cathy Bradshaw, President of Wound Care Innovations. "We recognize the importance of the management of diabetic wounds and the role in limb salvage. amputation rates are on the rise with devastating consequences to the patient and a drain on the healthcare system. And skin tears represent a major problem in ...

Human stem cells promote healing of diabetic ulcers

...ng human foetal stem cells. In humans, diabetic patients with ischaemic foot ulcers have the worst outcome of all chronic skin wounds, with higher amputation and mortality rates than patients carrying non-ischaemic ulcers. Topical gels containing single growth factors have recently been used with some succ...

Grapefruit-Heavy Diet Helped Spur Dangerous Clot

...trogen in the birth control pill, the clot-inducing mutation and just sitting in the car in a position that narrowed the blood vessel, that threatened amputation of the leg, Grande said. This means there is no great lesson for people in general from the episode, she said. "Grapefruit juice is not a threat to...

Combat Injuries: A Matter of Life and Death

...tion is the practice of moving casualties through a string of medical facilities with increasing expertise. Damage control orthopaedics, such as rapid amputation and fracture stabilization, is being done at the far-forward field hospital before the wounded service member is transported for systemic stabilizatio...

Wound Management Technologies Exhibits at Premier International Diabetic Foot Conference DFCon 09

...ralists and specialists who diagnose and manage the diabetic foot, delving into diagnostics and interventional strategies for diabetic foot ulcers and amputation prevention. Featuring a world-renowned faculty, DFCon 09 provides the opportunity to review state-of-the-art concepts and techniques. For more informa...

JumpStart and Case Technology Ventures Invest in Neuros Medical

... specifically residual limb pain, a common occurrence after undergoing limb amputation due to vascular disease, circulatory issues, diabetes, cancer or trauma-rel... 2005, 68 to 76 percent of the 1.7 million U.S. patients who have undergone amputation experience residual limb pain. This number is expected to double by 2050. ...

Seaweed and fireflies brew may guide stem cell treatment for peripheral artery disease

... professor of radiology. "We look to the day when we will be able to perform targeted delivery of stem cell to treat PAD in patients who may be facing amputation or death." ...

Promising Three-year Data: Saving Limbs With Drug-Eluting Stents

...eripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Patients With Critical Limb Ischemia Avoid amputation SAN DIEGO, March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Attempts to treat crit...sting, and sores and wounds that will not heal. Tissue death (gangrene) and amputation are imminent at this advanced stage of PAD, which is caused by atherosclero...

'Seeing' Stem Cells Helps in Fight Against Peripheral Arterial Disease

... can lead to serious medical complications, including heart attack, stroke, amputation and death. Many people can manage the symptoms of PAD and stop its progress... targeted delivery of cellular treatments to PAD patients who may be facing amputation and death. It will be important to deliver the right amount of drug treatme...

Children's Hospital Central California and CVS/Pharmacy Wheelchair Fund Featured in "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"

...r. The 5-year-old developed a form of meningitis called meningococcemia when she was 5 months. She eventually went into septic shock, which led to the amputation of both legs and several fingers. Madison's parents met Mary Ann during her time in the hospital and were encouraged by all she had accomplished. ...

Universal vaccination associated with decreased Canadian cases of most deadly strain of meningitis

...lude fever, headache, stiff neck, vomiting, and drowsiness while in infants it may show as irritability and lethargy. It can cause gangrene leading to amputation of limbs, blindness, deafness, brain damage, and cognitive and neurological disability. Children, adolescents, and immuno-compromised individuals are ...

The Merck Company Foundation Launches Five-Year Effort to Close Healthcare Disparity Gaps

...in more affluent areas. These groups often experience higher rates of serious complications of diabetes, including cardiovascular disease, blindness, amputation and end-stage renal disease (kidney failure). For example, the death rate from diabetes among Hispanics is 60 percent higher than the death rate for ...