Steps toward saving diabetic feet

Diabetes-related amputations have skyrocketed -- but doctors say that with vigilance, prevention and better circulation treatment, it doesn't have to be that way. Los Angeles has one of the highest diabetes-related amputation rates in the country. Yet vascular surgeon Dr. George Andros can't seem to draw enough attention to the problem, which has skyrocketed not just here but nationally.

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