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Howell Resident Credits Wound Care Center for Saving Her Leg

By |2021-02-02T16:34:04-05:00July 15th, 2019|Categories: Women’s Health|Tags: , , |

As someone with diabetes, Theresa Falcicchio knew to track her blood sugar, take her medication, and check her feet for sores. However, it didn’t take long for a seemingly minor blister to snowball into a serious condition that threatened to take her leg. On a warm fall day at [...]

A Team Approach Heals Thomas’s Severe Foot Wounds and Saves His Leg

By |2020-04-07T11:12:55-04:00April 12th, 2018|Categories: Health A-Z|Tags: , , , |

Though Jersey City native Thomas Ryan, 58, had been living with diabetes for 30 years, he was faced with yet another health-related obstacle when he had to undergo amputation of four of the toes on his left foot at a hospital in Hoboken. A common side effect of diabetes, poor [...]

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