Not Signed In - Income, race are risk factors for leg amputation
Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:15 PM EST
... NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Minorities from low-income areas are at increased risk for having a leg amputated as a result of severe peripheral artery disease (PAD), a type of atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, of the legs, new research indicates. ...
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