The number of people in England having a limb amputated due to type-two diabetes has risen dramatically, a study has shown. In the last 9 years, below-ankle amputations doubled to more than 2,000, and major amputations increased by 43%! For more about this story visit this BBC Health Link – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8427937.stm

  

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