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PROMPT TREATMENT CAN SAVE LIMBS FROM DIABETES

Every year, Singapore hospitals perform roughly 1,500 diabetes-related amputations. This works out to about four amputations a day – a number that may go up as Singapore deals with a growing diabetes problem. The amputations are mainly due to peripheral arterial disease (PAD) – the narrowing or blockage of lower limb arteries. As a result,

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DR BENJAMIN CHUA ON VASCULAR DISEASE AND SURGERY

DEEP DIVE INTO THE VESSELS By Dr Benjamin Chua  (featured in This Quarterly) Our bodies rely on a vast network of blood vessels but few people truly understand how they function. VASCULAR DISEASE The vascular system comprises the entire network of blood vessels in the body, namely, the arteries, veins and capillaries. These vessels carry

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