Did you know diabetes is the single greatest factor in amputations, with more than 60% of non-traumatic lower-limb amputations happening to diabetics? According to the American Diabetes Association, every 3.5 minutes a limb is amputated in the United States due to...
Did you know that, for children under age 10, major limb loss is most commonly caused by lawnmowers? Although amputations resulting from lawnmower accidents are among the most preventable, hundreds of children in the United States become amputees every year. ...
Reporters from ProPublica, an independent news organization that produces investigative journalism, are looking into the booming business around peripheral artery disease, a condition that afflicts 6.5 million Americans over age 40. It’s caused when fatty plaque...
In honor of February’s American Heart Month and the Amputee Coalition’s commitment to promoting limb loss prevention, we would like to highlight the dangers of peripheral artery disease (PAD). Note that PAD may also be referred to as peripheral arterial disease or...
For Immediate Release Contact: Jerrica Thurman, Vice President, Strategy & Communications, jerrica@amputee-coalition.org Amputee Coalition Announces Partnership with ADA on Amputation Prevention Alliance (January 13 2023, Washington, D.C.) The Amputee Coalition is...
One of the Amputee Coalition's main pillars encompasses education on preventing limb loss to help bridge the gap in racial and ethnic disparities in the limb loss community. Black Americans are disproportionately affected by peripheral artery disease (PAD). According...
Adapted from the Amputee Coalition Fact Sheet on Race and Ethnicity Disparities in Limb Loss Data from the Census Bureau indicates that as of 2020 there are more than 62 million Hispanics living in the United States making it the nation’s second-largest racial or...
At the 2022 National Conference, Laduan Smedley shared a wealth of information about how technology can help provide patients greater access to the community organizations designed to help them. His organization – Limb Care Foundation (LCF) – while small, is mighty...
Kenton Kaufman joined us at the 2022 National Conference to talk about the current national effort to create a Limb Loss and Preservation Registry. The need for this is starkly illustrated through the lack of available current data. If you weren’t aware, there is: No...
"Did you lose your legs in the war?" This question came from my young, energetic Uber Driver as he folded my Rollator carefully and placed it in his trunk of his vehicle. I must admit that it was the best question I had ever been asked about my missing legs. The war,...