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Meningitis: How a quadruple amputee got her life back  -  25 Mar 2008
Independent,In Giles's case, oxygen was prevented from getting to her limbs, and the result was gangrene. This gangrene began to spread up her arms and legs and over

It was just a tiny blister on my foot. So why did I have to lose a ...  -  25 Mar 2008
Daily Mail,One of the biggest dangers is losing a foot or leg to gangrene: diabetics are 15 times more likely to have an amputation because of the way the disease

Still living in the Abomi-nation  -  25 Mar 2008
Georgetown News Graphic,I think that saved everything from Matt's gunshot wound to the heart to Little Joe's gangrene on "Bonanza." As Archie and Edith Bunker later sang,

Get the D@mn Government Out of the Way  -  25 Mar 2008
Environmental Graffiti,The only way to correct this problem is to excise the gangrene. Enough of these freeloading CEOs, these corporate welfare artists, these people who donâ€™t

My 7-year-old son, a tiny splinter and the five-hour farce that ...  -  25 Mar 2008
Daily Mail,Gangrene maybe? Would the finger have to come off? The whole arm? "Can't you get it out," I asked. He shook his head. "Not here," he said,

Neglect caused gangrene to kill grandma, family claims  -  Mar 17, 2008
New York Daily News,BY RACHEL MONAHAN An elderly grandmother died after developing gangrene from improper care at an East New York nursing home, her heartbroken grandson is

JAMIE PEACOCK: MY BATTLE WITH BOOZE  -  Mar 23, 2008
Sunday People,But by the time that was taken off at the end of the series, gangrene had formed - and only a rapid course of antibiotics saved his hand.

Harbhajan's gesture to young fan  -  Mar 22, 2008
Hindu,The minor's arms and one leg had to be amputated due to gangrene infection at a hospital in Meerut after his parents failed to admit him in a New Delhi

GAFCON, Gnosticism and Gangrene  -  Mar 14, 2008
Virtue Online,...by the present Archbishop of South East Asia, is the insight of the Apostle Paul that false teaching 'will spread like gangrene' (2 Tim 2:17).

Bhajji bowls over sick child with his charity  -  Mar 22, 2008
CNN-IBN,UNDER TREATMENT: A powerful electric shock had charred Aniketâ€™s arms and legs, and gangrene set in. Harbhajan Singh opens up about life under the spotlight

2 sisters charged in abuse of mother who died  -  Mar 18, 2008
Baltimore Sun,Police said Ford, a parapalegic, had suffered bed sores, gangrene on open and untreated wounds, infestations of maggots and lice and that she was lying on

A Rare Trifocal Presentation of Clostridium septicum Myonecrosis  -  Mar 10, 2008
Ortho SuperSite,Gas gangrene or clostridial myonecrosis is a rare, life-threatening infection of the muscle that is typically associated with recent surgery or trauma.

Australia to bottle up binge-drinking: minister  -  Mar 24, 2008
AFPRoxon said labels, such as those on cigarette packets in Australia which carry photographs of the diseases linked to smoking such as gangrene,

Tree Barking: A Memoir - Nesta Rovina  -  Mar 19, 2008
Tonight,A drug addict, hand amputated after drug use led to gangrene, now uses her other hand to shoot up; gangsters paralysed after deals gone wrong now gaze at

PETA urges ban on 'cowardly and extremely cruel' bear-baiting  -  Mar 11, 2008
The Canadian Press,PETA says the bears are usually shot multiple times before they die or escape with wounds to die a slow death from blood loss, gangrene or other infections,

Sheffield mourns the death of Dooley  -  Mar 5, 2008
Guardian,...a broken leg during a game against Preston North End on February 14 1953, however, Dooley contracted gangrene, and his leg had to be amputated.

Derek Dooley  -  Mar 5, 2008
Scenta.co.uk,It transpired that gas gangrene had been moving up the leg, which had seemingly been infected through a cut sustained before the collision.

Health and fitness briefs  -  Mar 24, 2008
The Coloradoan,In cases of severe frostbite, deep tissue freezing can damage muscles, tendons, nerves and blood vessels; often leading to gangrene and limb amputation,

Pele's tribute to Sheffield legend Dooley who has died at 78 - 55 ...  -  Mar 5, 2008
Daily Mail,Gangrene set in and Dooley had to have the leg amputated at the age of just 23. He had already scored 62 goals for Wednesday to secure his place in club

Natural Treatment for Diabetes  -  Mar 5, 2008
Los Angeles Chronicle,...extreme thirst, hunger, etc. coupled with the immediate start of your recovery from problems such as gangrene, deafness and blindness, etc.

Amputee has harsh words for VA Medical Center  -  Feb 28, 2008
The Southern,..."In 2004, I got gangrene in three of my toes and the doctors at the VA sent me to see podiatrists and orthopedists, because they thought it was a foot

Local family sues Blossom South Nursing Home for neglect  -  Feb 28, 2008
News 10NBC,Pressure ulcers, bed sores and gangrene. It's what one local family says happened to their 92-year-old grandmother at Blossom South Nursing Home - all

What feet say about health  -  Mar 23, 2008
Enid News & Eagle,In severe cases, this can lead to gangrene and amputation. In addition to lack of feeling, symptoms of neuropathy include numbness, tingling and a burning

'Mr Sheffield' A legend on both sides of the Steel City who united ...  -  Mar 7, 2008
Yorkshire Post,So it was a tragic moment when a broken leg led to gangrene, which prompted amputation, and the end of a promising playing career.

Sheffield star Dooley passes away  -  Mar 5, 2008
Setanta Sports,After gangrene set into the broken leg, surgeons had to remove the limb and cut short Dooley's career. "I thought my world had collapsed," he once revealed

Championship - Sheffield hero Dooley dies  -  Mar 5, 2008
Yahoo! Eurosport,Complications with gangrene meant that the leg had to be amputated, bringing his burgeoning career to an abrupt end. He returned to football in 1971 when he

Dooley's death rocks Owls  -  Mar 5, 2008
Clubcall,...in the early 1950s before his career ended prematurely when a broken leg injury became infected with gangrene and the limb was subsequently amputated.

Owls legend Dooley dies  -  Mar 5, 2008
4TheGame,Dooley was a prolific striker for the Owls during the early 1950s but suffered a broken leg that became infected with gangrene and led to him having to have

Sheffield football legend Derek Dooley dies  -  Mar 5, 2008
Sheffield Telegraph,Doctors diagnosed a broken leg but when gangrene set in as he recovered in hospital, Dooley was told that the infected limb would have to be amputated in

Acquired Boneless Forearm as a Complication of Traditional Bone ...  -  Mar 10, 2008
Ortho SuperSite,1 A study conducted in southwestern Nigeria showed gangrene resulting from treatment by traditional bonesetters as the most common indication for amputation

Two tragedies, one cause  -  Mar 23, 2008
Calcutta Telegraph,They were subsequently shifted to a larger hospital, but the injuries were so severe that the children developed septicaemia and gangrene and eventually

Nursing Home Charged With Neglect  -  Feb 28, 2008
13WHAM-TV,Gangrene set in and Myersâ€™ leg was amputated. After Myers's family complained to the state health department, inspectors made a surprise visit and cited

New anti-cig ad has â€˜sickâ€™ shock value  -  Feb 27, 2008
Metro.us,A grisly 2007 ad depicted a smoker whose foot needed to be amputated because of gangrene. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene maintains that their

Feb. 27: Bigger Government is Not the Answer  -  Feb 27, 2008
Tyler Morning Telegraph,He had a ruptured appendix with gangrene. If we get socialized medicine, he would have died. One of my daughters had a stroke. She had great doctors in the

Friends, family mark 80th birthday of former Israeli premier Sharon  -  Feb 26, 2008
Monsters and Critics.comIn February 2006 he was treated for gangrene in his digestive tract, a part of which had to be removed before he was then moved from the Jerusalem hospital

Jim White's 'Transnormal Skiperoo' combines backwoods and space ...  -  Mar 21, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,Mike Deming had gangrene on his leg and still agreed to go ahead and do it. He'd spend an 8-hour day with his foot up on a pillow, then limp into the studio

Fishing Line Like A Noose For Birds  -  Mar 23, 2008
TheDay,...â€œMaiming, massive infection, amputation, paralysis, trauma, gangrene, strangulation â€” herons get strangled a lot. I've even seen them dangling from trees,â€?

WNC volunteers piece together a church for a little town in Wyoming  -  Mar 22, 2008
Asheville Citizen-Times,He suffered peritonitis, gangrene, and a scan showed an abdominal aortic aneurysm. After they cleared him of infection, doctors operated.

Breakthrough Treatment for Severe Frostbite Saves Limbs  -  Mar 17, 2008
Earthtimes,Typically this leads to gangrene and loss of limbs. In severe frostbite, the blood vessels are affected and blood flow is blocked.

Lazare Ponticelli  -  Mar 19, 2008
Economist,...who held him down when, after the battle of Pal Piccolo, the army surgeon gouged out of his cheek a piece of shrapnel already lodged in gangrene.

Judge: Alleged Treatment of Immigrant 'Beyond Cruel'  -  Mar 19, 2008
ABC NewsIn one example, a detainee said he was denied treatment for a cut to his foot until it developed gangrene and doctors recommended amputation.

Implantation of Adult Stem Cells in Cuba  -  Mar 22, 2008
Cuba Headlines,...it can cause hair loss, coldness, skin problems, wounds that are not healed and in the last phase, important ulcers that can turn into gangrene.

Commentary: The United States twenty years of global leadership ...  -  Mar 22, 2008
Caribbean Net News,...to withstand the Great Depression with the New Deal and abroad by entering into the Second World War, stopping the gangrene of Nazism throughout Europe.

Need to know - peripheral arterial disease  -  Mar 14, 2008
Pulse,Those with critical limb ischaemia â€“ rest pain, gangrene or ulceration â€“ should be referred urgently to a vascular surgeon. Most patients with claudication

Way to target genes devised for gene therapy  -  Mar 18, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,...the growth of new arteries in patients suffering from obstruction of the blood vessels in the limbs, which can lead to gangrene and amputations.

Therapy Could Save Limbs After Frostbite  -  Mar 17, 2008
Forbes,In cases of severe frostbite, deep tissue freezing can damage muscles, tendons, nerves and blood vessels; often leading to gangrene and limb amputation,

Ageing, not death, scares smokers  -  Mar 16, 2008
NEWS.com.au,A foot blackened with gangrene awaiting the amputation saw. A generation of young Australians have grown up with these images, with anti-smoking ads more

Coding in the Long-Term Acute  -  Mar 20, 2008
ADVANCE,Patient is admitted to the STAC with diabetic foot ulcer and gangrene, undergoes a transmetatarsal amputation of the toes, develops osteomyletis at the

Reading with Raoul  -  Mar 13, 2008
Trinidad & Tobago Express,...the papers replete with links between the failed but amnesty-freed insurrectionists of 1990 and the gangland gangrene that has set in today,

Relief in sight for sufferers of constant erections  -  Mar 13, 2008
New Scientist (subscription),In the worst cases it can lead to permanent erectile dysfunction or even gangrene. Now relief is at hand â€“ researchers at the University of Texas Medical

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