An ambulance service has changed its call procedures after the death of a woman in her 80s who called 111 and said she was ...

Dr Eric Berg DC has shared a detailed guide on the health benefits of drinking lemon water, which is a cheap and easy way to ...

Shares in ConvaTec opened up 3.2% at 255.40 pence in London on Monday. On Friday, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services postponed Local Coverage Determinations for skin substitute ...

Calvin Campbell lost all the flesh on his legs and was paralysed for months because of an agonising disease that's the ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday postponed so-called local coverage determinations (LCDs) for certain products used to treat diabetic foot ulcers and venous leg ulcers, meaning ...

Hypercholesterolemia occurs when you have too much of a fatty substance called cholesterol in your blood, and can lead to ...

"The nursing team were coming out every day to dress his ulcers but he was constantly complaining about his right leg." "They said his leg was very warm, plus he had water retention in his thighs ...

Sickle cell disease, characterised by the abnormal sickle shape of red blood cells instead of the typical round form, is the UK's most rapidly expanding genetic disorder. This deformation causes ...

What happens to your legs when you have diabetes? Unmanaged diabetes may lead to several leg complications, including pain, numbness, ulcers, infections, blisters, and in rare cases, amputation.

Lynn Hunt, from Oxfordshire, England, told Newsweek: "I'm not a worrier, so the thought that the ulcer could be something sinister never crossed my mind." ...