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Delta hospital avoiding patient limb amputations (access required)

by Amy McCullough Published: December 2,2010

Tags: Delta Regional Medical Center, diabetes, DRMC

Greenville — Washington County’s Delta Regional Medical Center (DRMC) has made a commitment to limb preservation and amputation prevention. The hospital’s Heart & Vascular Center doctors, Dr. Mike Trotter and Dr. Steve Chapman, have initiated a program that incorporates a multi-disciplinary team approach for limb preservation. Partnering with the Wound Healing Center and specialists in [...] [...]

Number of diabetic Americans could triple by 2050 (access required)

by Ross Reily Published: October 22,2010

Tags: Centers for Disease Control, diabetes

ATLANTA — Federal officials estimate that as many as 1 in 3 U.S. adults could have diabetes by the year 2050. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that 1 in 10 have diabetes now. But the number could expand dramatically in the next 40 years if current trends continue. Nearly a decade ago, [...] [...]

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