At the Society for Vascular Surgery’s online Scientific Session 8, Mark Eid, MD presented a talk called, “Racial and regional disparities in the prevalence of peripheral artery disease and diabetes and amputation rates among Medicare patients.” The research suggested that African-American patients living in areas where the diagnosed rates of Read more…
A recent study published in Diabetes Care indicates that there may be a recent resurgence in diabetic amputations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, based on findings from a care center study in Italy. The study focused on a cohort of 63 patients admitted to a care facility for Read more…
An article published in FierceHealthcare highlighted the epidemic of peripheral artery disease (PAD), and specifically how it impacts communities of color. The article, written by Foluso Fakorede, M.D. of Cardiovascular Solutions of Central Mississippi, and is focused on preventing some of the roughly 200,000 non-traumatic amputations that occur in the Read more…
The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) is now reporting that 14% of US adults had diabetes between 2013 and 2016, which means that 30 million Americans have diabetes. Although 1 in 7 Americans does have diabetes, it is still under-diagnosed, with 9.7% of adults having diagnosed diabetes, and Read more…