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Texas faces epidemic of diabetes amputations
Year after year, Bexar County has the highest rate of lower limb amputations due to diabetes in both Texas and the United States: 69.9 per 100,000 hospitalizations. One morning in May, José ...
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70% of amputations due to diabetes in Texas happens in just one county
Bexar County holds the highest incidence of lower limb amputations due to diabetes in both Texas and the United States, with a rate of 69.9 per 100,000 hospitalizations, an investigation by El ...
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In Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, a push for residents to lose weight and curb diabetes
About 11% of adult Texans have diabetes ... according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. Being aware of the high prevalence of amputations, Mego opened his clinic, the Mission ...