Prevention
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50-year-olds Face Higher Amputation Risk than 80-year-olds After PAD Surgery—study
October 02, 2024
People in their 50s with severe peripheral artery disease (PAD) are more likely to undergo leg amputation within one to five years after emergency ...
People in their 50s with severe peripheral artery disease (PAD) are more likely to undergo leg amputation within one to five years after emergency ...
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Getting a Flu Shot Could Have Prevented This Woman’s Amputation
November 19, 2022
For some people, forgetting to get the flu shot could result in a bad case of the flu. But for Shari Hall of Brownsburg, Indiana, failing to get h...
For some people, forgetting to get the flu shot could result in a bad case of the flu. But for Shari Hall of Brownsburg, Indiana, failing to get h...
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These 5 Factors Can Add a Healthy Decade to Your Life
If we were given a chance to live a long life, it's safe to say that all of us would like to spend our bonus years healthy. A recently published study provides us with an answer on how to live lon...
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