Irish actor and social-media personality Ruth Codd has revealed that she has undergone a second leg amputation at just 29 years old. The procedure comes after years of chronic pain, repeated surgeries ...

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 ...

After a pedicure, Glenn Morris suffered a bone infection that led to a leg amputation, calling the procedure “a massive relief" from an "extreme amount of pain" Glenn Morris, 54, says he was left with ...

Joe Pleban knew his leg had to go, so it went out in style. — -- While facing the impending amputation of his lower left leg, Joe Pleban decided to celebrate rather than mourn his final few weeks ...

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 ...

At 50 years old, Charlie Trevino didn’t want to become a statistic. The born-and-raised San Antonian was diagnosed with diabetes in 2005. In the past couple of years, he began having issues with his ...