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    [an error occurred while processing this directive] A thousand words 23 Nov 2005
    Gangrene and dead body tissue eat away at the hand of a child who walked for miles in the rough terrain to a neighboring village in hopes of receiving medical ...
    - Las Vegas City Life,

    Oh my dog, it's green! 23 Nov 2005
    ...pup," Bairey said. "The pup can easily die in the womb, killing the dame or giving her a serious case of gangrene.". Although this ...
    - SLCC Globe Link (subscription),

    Common ground with Saddam 23 Nov 2005
    And it's not even the six strains of gas gangrene - known for forming toxic gases inside the body, destroying tissues and creating internal bleeding, lung and ...
    - Daily Texan,

    Whatever our many misfortunes, let's be thankful for what we have Nov 22, 2005
    ...death toll rose to 90,000" -- without enough antibiotics, anesthesia, medical supplies or provisions, treated wounds, infections, gangrene, dysentery and ...
    - Pacific Daily News,

    Baby Loses Limbs: Was It Medication? Oct 26, 2005
    ..."Bakulumpagi was an unfortunate victim of a condition known as Gangrene," she says. Gangrene is the death of tissue occurring as ...
    - AllAfrica.com,

    Medical advances and new therapies help diabetics cope Nov 21, 2005
    American Diabetes Association. But male impotence, gangrene, poor wound healing and infections all stalk diabetics. Blindness can ...
    - Stuart News (subscription),

    Escaped murderer found in Piedmont Nov 15, 2005
    An escaped murderer crippled by severe gangrene and missing since early June was found hiding in a Piedmont home Monday. Herman ...
    - The Decatur Daily,

    Corruptonia Is Not Spain… Yet Nov 20, 2005
    Not yet. But gangrene is spreading through it political body. It looks to even be enjoying the process. Corruption remains the key to Spain’s government. ...
    - Spain Herald,

    Why did Jean die in care? Nov 20, 2005
    A city man whose mother died after she suffered from malnourishment, dehydration and gangrene in an Edmonton nursing home is demanding a public inquiry into ...
    - Edmonton Sun,

    For Most Vulnerable, a Promise Abandoned Nov 16, 2005
    Three months later, Tagami died of a massive infection after contracting gangrene that required doctors to amputate his right leg. ...
    - ktla 5,

    How France's suburbs became dormitory ghettos Nov 18, 2005
    In 1961, American critic Jane Jacobs wrote of cities with "amputated areas" that "develop galloping gangrene" and of housing projects that were contributing to ...
    - Financial Times,

    City of light still burning up Nov 17, 2005
    His comments that high crime neighborhoods should be "cleansed with a power-hose" and that the perpetrators were "gangrene" and "rabble," came at an ...
    - Providence Cowl (subscription),

    Managing diabetes Nov 13, 2005
    The combination of nerve damage and poor circulation places the feet and lower legs at risk of infection, gangrene and amputation. ...
    - Kathmandu Post,

    ‘Put your feet first on World Diabetes Day’ Nov 13, 2005
    This 59-year-old farmer from Nadiad’s Udarshand village had to get his left foot amputated, all because he neglected a non-healing ulcer which led to gangrene ...
    - Ahmedabad Newsline,

    Island can eradicate racism Nov 15, 2005
    ...“How do we have people with gangrene in their bed sores going right down to the bone?� asked Mrs. Jackson, who said she was referring to a case at Pembroke ...
    - Royal Gazette,

    Govt. failing to lead Bermuda – MP Nov 16, 2005
    ...earlier call by members of the Opposition to say something about a case of a senior staying at the Pembroke Nursing Home who had ended up with gangrene in her ...
    - Royal Gazette,

    Past Official Calls Assisted Living 'Ticking Time Bomb' Nov 16, 2005
    ...state inspectors descended on the home and found five out of the nine residents there with skin ulcers so far gone that one had developed gangrene and maggots. ...
    - WBAL Channel.com,

    Assisted Living Resident Tells Of His Treatment Nov 17, 2005
    State inspectors reported in the fall of 2003 finding residents with skin ulcers, of whom one had developed gangrene and maggots. ...
    - WBAL Channel.com,

    Investigation: Power workers in danger Nov 17, 2005
    ..."It basically blowed off the whole of my hand and my bicep," he said. "I kept getting infections and gangrene and I ended up losing all of it.". ...
    - WFAA (subscription),

    Mission of mercy Nov 15, 2005
    They ran into dusty children wandering the streets for food, victims suffering from paralyzed limbs and others losing bruised legs to gangrene. ...
    - Fresno Bee (subscription),

    Saving Carlos Nov 18, 2005
    ...care unit. Two bullets. Twelve operations. Four amputations. Gangrene. Perforated bowels. Dialysis. Abscesses. Infection. Toronto ...
    - Toronto Star,

    Parks, Watts, Paris Nov 11, 2005
    It’s easy to listen to the French Government (who identified residents of the suburbs — two days before the riots began — as “gangrene�) and to those ...
    - Cornell Daily Sun,

    Goddess descended twice in Allentown Nov 16, 2005
    Twenty-four years later, in the summer of 1957, it was discovered that the arm of the statue had, as a reporter for The Call put it, ''gangrene of the armpit ...
    - Allentown Morning Call,

    POLITICAL FRAGGING Nov 17, 2005
    ...the inclination in the inner city to mate. Palestine is the gangrene of the Middle East. The French can save themselves some time ...
    - Ether Zone,

    Surgeon's idea and persistence gave rise to $30.5m company Nov 17, 2005
    ...flow in the leg. Right around that time, one of LeMaitre's elderly friends was suffering from gangrene in his leg. The friend, who ...
    - Boston Globe,

    Paris hit by anti-police riots Nov 3, 2005
    He has promised to sandblast the “scum� and “gangrene� from the estates. He has also pledged to visit a “difficult� area every week. ...
    - World Socialist Web Site,

    ACT Situation Report, Pakistan: ACT member works with traumatized ... Nov 10, 2005
    ...diseases spread. Injuries are reported to range from lacerations to broken bones, with gangrene also setting in some cases. More ...
    - Reuters AlertNet,

    The diabetes menace Nov 12, 2005
    In diabetic neuropathy, as a result of the loss of nerve function, ulceration, gangrene and amputation may follow as well as other serious complications. ...
    - Malaysia Star,

    Quake-victims issued with ‘useless’ tents: Sirajul Haq Nov 11, 2005
    Inayatullah Khan, the health minister, said that cases of pneumonia, scabies, gangrene, diarrhoea and measles had started to appear in the inhabitants of the ...
    - Daily Times,

    Neglect of feet may cost diabetic patients dear Nov 15, 2005
    ...diabetics. Around 15 to 20 percent of diabetics suffer from foot ulcers, sepsis and occasionally gangrene (decay) leading to amputation. ...
    - Newindpress,

    PAKISTAN: Sick quake survivors stream into city Nov 11, 2005
    This time, patients are coming in not with gaping open wounds, gangrene or broken limbs, but with acute diarrhoea, cholera, measles, skin diseases and other ...
    - Reuters AlertNet,

    No aid package announced by NWFP: Gustasip Nov 10, 2005
    ...relief goods. Skin diseases, such as gangrene, are spreading and doctors have no option but to amputate patients’ limbs. Survivors ...
    - Daily Times,

    PAKISTAN: Amputees need crutches, wheelchairs, prostheses Oct 24, 2005
    An ominous odour, familiar now to most in the area, suggests gangrene has set in. "We came two days ago as well. But we had to go back home. ...
    - Reuters AlertNet,

    Red Crescent Hospital operates 365 AJK, NWFP quake-injured Nov 12, 2005
    ...since many injured were brought from remote and inaccessible areas after a long time elapsed since their injuries, chances of their catching gangrene and other ...
    - PakTribune.com,

    France: "far-left" LCR refuses to take a stand on police ... Nov 8, 2005
    Like Sarkozy’s inflammatory remarks referring to youth on the estates as “scum� and “gangrene,� its very presence is a permanent provocation. ...
    - Asian Tribune,

    Crutches and wheelchairs needed for amputees Oct 24, 2005
    Fareesa has a fractured arm and blood seeps from her bandages. An ominous odour, familiar now to most in the area, suggests gangrene has set in. ...
    - Daily Times,

    The veil is lifted in France as Black and Arab youth rebel Nov 8, 2005
    ...the oppressor "scum." He said he would sandblast the scum, wash them down with power hoses, and added that there is a need to eradicate the gangrene in the ...
    - FinalCall.com,

    Eleven days of rioting across France Nov 11, 2005
    Kärcher" - a high powered industrial hose - and described youths who protested against his visit to the Parisian suburb of Argenteuil as "gangrene" and "rabble ...
    - Socialist Party,

    France’s state of emergency—Sarkozy threatens mass ... Nov 11, 2005
    As the youth riots flared up, he faced criticism from the Chirac-Villepin camp for having provoked the youth by referring to them as “scum� and “gangrene ...
    - World Socialist Web Site,

    Rebellion exposes deep crisis Nov 9, 2005
    ...of the suburbs said publicly that the protesters were “scum� who had to be “pressure-hosed from their communities� before they spread their “gangrene ...
    - Workers World

    ACT Appeal Revision 1: Emergency Relief to South Asia Earthquake Nov 10, 2005
    ...the danger of disease spreads. The scale of injuries ranges from lacerations to broken bones and gangrene. More than a thousand ...
    - ReliefWeb (press release),

    After The Flames Nov 12, 2005
    The nation's top cop, a tough talker (and 2007 presidential hopeful), promptly called the perpetrators scum, dregs, or gangrene, depending on your translation. ...
    - U.S. News & World Report

    My turn: Savor your pork, fellow Alaskans, and sleep well Nov 13, 2005
    ...world citizens by, at minimum, offering to defer one or both bridge appropriations so that people don't have to freeze to death or die of gangrene in Pakistan. ...
    - Juneau Empire,

    San Joaquin man recalls helping Katrina victims Nov 14, 2005
    ...people.". Back at the camp, evacuees also suffered physical ailments, such as a man in a shelter who developed gangrene on his foot. ...
    - Lodi News-Sentinel,

    Research Helps Identify Precursors to Foot Disease in Diabetes ... Nov 11, 2005
    ...by the patient until it has escalated into a chronic wound that won’t heal.� Once an ulcer has become infected it can lead to the onset of gangrene, and in ...
    - Newswise (press release)

    Doctor returns home to help quake victims Nov 8, 2005
    Khan and the other doctors saw nearly 120 patients a day, treating gangrene, addressing multiple bone fractures and even helping women deliver babies. ...
    - Contra Costa Times,

    France: state of emergency escalates attacks on the rights of ... Nov 9, 2005
    ...the second insult was levelled against the youth, more hurtful in some ways than all of Sarkozy’s invective about “scum� and “gangrene.� Villepin, in ...
    - World Socialist Web Site,

    Critics seek audit homeopathy board Nov 8, 2005
    ...a cow. The patient's family sued for malpractice in 2001, saying the injections resulted in a deadly gangrene infection. The doctor ...
    - AZ Central.com,

    Eyewitness to Paris riots Nov 8, 2005
    ...for his provocative description of the largely immigrant and Muslim youth on these poor, working class estates as “scum� and “gangrene,� which need to ...
    - Anarkismo.net

    NicOx announces results of a phase 2 trial for NCX 4016 in PAOD Nov 13, 2005
    Progression of the disease can lead to ischemic pain during rest (ie due to a lack of oxygen), ulceration, gangrene and in some cases limb amputation. ...
    - CompanynewsGroup (Communiqués de presse),

    WWII veterans get special recognition in one Carolina town Nov 11, 2005
    The Germans took Tate prisoner 10 days after he got to the frontlines. He then developed gangrene after a gunshot wound to the leg. ...
    - WCNC (subscription),

    Drugs in Developement Nov 15, 2005
    ...hypotension. If left untreated, diabetic neuropathy can lead to gangrene in the foot or leg, which may require amputation in severe cases. ...
    - R&D Directions (subscription),

    Adkinson caught after five months at large Nov 15, 2005
    At the time of his capture, reports said, Adkinson was crippled by severe gangrene in his leg, which occurred as a result of a diabetic condition. ...
    - Cherokee County Herald,

    Viagra May Treat Other Ailments Nov 8, 2005
    Raynaud's phenomenon causes episodes of numbness, tingling, and pain in the fingers and toes, as well as skin sores or gangrene in severe cases. ...
    - LaSalute.net,

    Research Helps Identify Precursors to Foot Disease in Diabetes ... Nov 11, 2005
    Once an ulcer has become infected it can lead to the onset of gangrene, and in the most serious cases, to amputation of the limb. ...
    - DG News

    This Way to the Egress Nov 9, 2005
    This affects people who are mentally ill living in the street with gangrene and every conceivable form of pain and suffering,� an outraged Shriver protested. ...
    - The Lookout News,

    Aftershock In Pakistan Nov 13, 2005
    ...help to arrive. They went to work right away, treating wounds, infections, gangrene, dysentery and pneumonia. There�s already ...
    - WJZ,

    Rebuilding lives, slowly Nov 13, 2005
    ...bare two-bedroom apartment. This summer, just before Katrina hit, Williams' right leg was amputated because of gangrene. Just a few ...
    - Austin American-Statesman (subscription),

    Peripheral artery disease common with diabetics Nov 12, 2005
    The disease is closely linked to diabetes, and like diabetes, can lead to gangrene or amputations if left untreated, local doctors said. ...
    - Brownsville Herald,

    Nuvelo Receives Orphan Drug Designation From European Medicines ... Nov 8, 2005
    If blood flow is not restored quickly, leg attack can lead to permanent nerve and muscle damage, gangrene, and in the most severe cases, amputation and death. ...
    - PR Newswire (press release),

    New clothes campaign is launched Nov 8, 2005
    ...is essential that warm wear be provided for the surviving children and adults as quickly as possible so that problems including hypothermia, gangrene and other ...
    - Gulf Daily News,

    AGENT ATTACK Nov 13, 2005
    The toxin-spewing clostridium perfringens, applied to shrapnel, would kill the wounded by spreading virulent gas gangrene in their shrapnel wounds. ...
    - Monitor,

    Put on your slippers, now Nov 12, 2005
    But, if you are a diabetic, start wearing footwear inside the house immediately — for, this will help prevent foot complications, ulcers and even gangrene. ...
    - Times of India,

    lincoln man fought on guadalcanal Nov 11, 2005
    ...convalescence. He liked to tease me about how the maggots would crawl up his cast! I know now that the maggots helped cure the gangrene. Bill ...
    - Bangor Daily News,

    STRANGE BUT TRUE- Bee healthy: Honey's a natural healer Nov 10, 2005
    It also helps cut healing time for Fournier's gangrene, aids against respiratory problems, and helps halt the development of senile cortical cataracts. ...
    - The Hook,

    Why Diabetic Patients Need Aspirin Nov 13, 2005
    Some patients will die from kidney failure. Others will lose their eyesight or legs due to gangrene. And 50 percent of diabetics will die of heart attack. ...
    - Canada Free Press,

    Girl Scouts take part in health fair Nov 12, 2005
    It was about two years ago,� said troop member Abrianna Brown. “I learned about not to smoke because your feet can get gangrene. ...
    - Quad City Times,

    Weekend Updates Oct 28, 2005
    Health care is going to hell, all right. But if your HMO doesn’t provide for death by fright, take it up with Dr. Gangrene. The ...
    - Nashville Scene,

    Religion Today Summaries - October 24, 2005 Oct 23, 2005
    He warned his disciple Timothy that false teaching spreads “like gangrene� (2 Tim. 2:17). The word “gangrene� can also be translated cancer. ...
    - Crosswalk.com,

    Deadly quake hits home for former UB professor Nov 15, 2005
    ...temperatures. What we need now are winter-capable tents, tetanus serum, gangrene-related medicines and the means to take them to the needy. ...
    - Buffalo News,

    NO-SHOW AT SEXPO Nov 13, 2005
    But they are hard and thick and could cut off blood supply to the penis. There is a remote possibility that gangrene could set in,' he said. ...
    - Electric New Paper,

    France: widening anti-police riots provoke government crisis Nov 3, 2005
    Sarkozy has sent armed police into the immigrant slums and used terms such as “scum� and “gangrene� to describe their inhabitants. ...
    - Bay Area Indymedia,

    Vaughan leads visit to earthquake zone Oct 28, 2005
    Up in the remote valleys above Balakot and Muzaffarabad, hundreds more children are having limbs amputated without anaesthetic as gangrene begins to take hold ...
    - Telegraph.co.uk,

    PAKISTAN: Relief workers battle as winter descends Nov 7, 2005
    ...a matter of saving a life and amputating a limb as there are not the facilities to treat wounds as there's such a risk of infection and gangrene," said Mr ...
    - Reuters AlertNet,

    PAKISTAN: Health care under pressure in Muzaffarabad Nov 1, 2005
    ...diarrhoea. "We're still receiving trauma cases, fractures, infected wounds and gangrene, but those numbers are decreasing," Shaikh noted. ...
    - Reuters AlertNet,

    Sent to Siberia: the oligarch who had it all - and lost it Oct 28, 2005
    ...control centre, said. One died from gangrene, the other from dysentery after sewage leaked into the prison water supply. Officials say ...
    - Times Online,

    Winter's Cold and Disease Are Raising Quake's Toll Oct 31, 2005
    ..."But three weeks after this earthquake, we're still having severe injuries come in, open fractures, horrific infections, gangrene, tetanus.". ...
    - New York Times,

    After The Disasters: Now, go and do Nov 1, 2005
    ...nations. Doctors still have patients show up with infections, gangrene and broken bones. Helicopters remain in short supply. The ...
    - Seattle Post Intelligencer

    Scarred generation emerges in quake zone Oct 26, 2005
    ...physical needs for the many amputees who had limbs crushed by falling homes, schools or boulders, and then couldn't get to medical care before gangrene set in. ...
    - Seattle Post Intelligencer

    Today in history Oct 31, 2005
    ...in London. In 1926, magician Harry Houdini died in Detroit of gangrene and peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix. In 1941 ...
    - Boston Globe,

    The poet’s muse, now rubble Oct 25, 2005
    Tent cities and hospitals have been set up in the area. Doctors said that any delay in treating the injured people could result in the spread of gangrene. ...
    - Daily Times,

    On this day Oct 30, 2005
    ...invades Bulgaria. 1926 – Magician Harry Houdini dies in Detroit of gangrene and peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix. 1940 ...
    - Melbourne Herald Sun,

    Time comes to perform on her own Oct 25, 2005
    The patient, a diabetic, had come to the hospital for what he thought would be a routine checkup and ended up with a diagnosis of advanced gangrene in his ...
    - Boston Globe,

    Woman's fingertip torn off as handbag stolen Nov 3, 2005
    ...to the schoolyard not long afterwards to find the tip of her ring finger - but the doctor decided not to reattach it as it could have caused gangrene of her ...
    - Independent Online,

    Today in history Oct 31, 2005
    London. • In 1926, magician Harry Houdini died in Detroit of gangrene and peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix. • In ...
    - Indianapolis Star,

    Leg pain could be a warning of heart attack, stroke Oct 26, 2005
    ...walking very far. Other tell-tale symptoms include lack of toenail growth, cold feet, withered calf muscles and gangrene. Mr. Nolin ...
    - Globe and Mail,

    Cuba provides 300 doctors to Pakistan Nov 6, 2005
    As survivors reach field hospitals, the medical staffs have performed thousands of amputations to keep gangrene from killing the patients. ...
    - Workers World

    Shelter remains top priority in UN quake relief in Pakistan Oct 24, 2005
    ...operations and treatment in poorly equipped or partially-destroyed hospitals has increased the rate of life-threatening infections and gangrene," OCHA said. ...
    - UN News Centre

    Pakistan quake survivors running out of time Nov 4, 2005
    ...by The Japanese Red Cross. The doctors report gangrene, crushed bones, and severe chest infections. The South Asian earthquake left ...
    - ISN,

    WMD and the Lying Game Nov 4, 2005
    13. “A document submitted by Iraq in February 2003 outlining the production of Clostridium perfringens [gas gangrene], did not add any detail to previous ...
    - ChronWatch,

    Where are the real heroes? 03 Oct 2005
    Instead, the man with all the charm of gangrene has turned on his own party with a viciousness that makes a shark-feeding frenzy look like lunchtime at play ...
    - Electric New Paper

    Heel to toe 03 Oct 2005
    ...foot. That is called neuropathy. Untreated, a cut or blister can lead to infection, gangrene and possible amputation. "Ulceration ...
    - Bloomington Pantagraph

    Journalism’s ‘last news’ -- TAL CUAL 03 Oct 2005
    ...be back on the air. He didn’t do it and is paying for his “treachery�. But the gangrene gets bigger. Recently, in an act at ...
    - Daily Journal

    Her career was harmony in a sister act 03 Oct 2005
    It might be even more surprising given that at age 13, Virginia had lost her left arm below the elbow to gangrene, after she broke it falling out of a cherry ...
    - OregonLive.com

    Importance of blood sugar control from onset of diabetes 03 Oct 2005
    ...loss of feeling. Serious complications can include foot ulcers, gangrene, amputations, blindness and kidney failure. In the study ...
    - RxPG NEWS

    Laughter in Layton with the Gangrene Film Festival Sep 7, 2005
    ...home. Gangrene is not that kind of Utah film festival. The Gangrene Film Festival, now in its sixth year, is all about comedy. "Our ...
    - Standard-Examiner (subscription)

    Two years later, probe ordered into ‘medical negligence’ Sep 18, 2005
    According to reports, Mubarki, who was suffering from gangrene on his right toe, was first taken to Lifeline Nursing Home on December 10, 2002. ...
    - Kolkata Newsline

    High blood cholesterol Sep 30, 2005
    Likewise, decreased blood flow to your brain can cause a stroke. Less blood flowing to your lower limbs may result in exercise-related pain or even gangrene. ...
    - MayoClinic.com

    Eisai Signs In-Licensing Agreement with Dainippon Pharmaceutical ... Sep 29, 2005
    ...hypotension. If left untreated, diabetic neuropathy can lead to gangrene in the foot or leg, which may require amputation in severe cases. ...
    - PharmaLive.com (press release)

    Make ’Em Laugh Sep 7, 2005
    The Gangrene Film Festival isn’t above getting silly in the name of entertaining the audience. Silliness, in fact, is its whole raison d’être. ...
    - Salt Lake City Weekly

    A major illness is hard on everyone Sep 29, 2005
    An old doctor is the worst of all, equating a relative's hangnail with impending gangrene — the contagious kind, too, sure to kill us all. ...
    - The News-Press

    Smart Bandage Helps Heal Wounds Sep 29, 2005
    Each year, millions of Americans suffer from chronic wounds that fail to heal. The results can be infection,gangrene,even amputation. ...
    - WLNS

    Letter from Galveston Oct 1, 2005
    Of course the nurses lost everything, except a few whose trunks we found. Broken legs, heads, arms, gangrene and other ... masses ...
    - Dallas Morning News (subscription)

    Vice President Has Procedure for Aneurysms in His Knees Sep 25, 2005
    ...clots. They, in turn, can cause a number of complications. A severe one is gangrene and a need for amputation. Popliteal aneurysms ...
    - Wilmington Morning Star

    Vice President Cheney Walks Away Following Repair Surgery on Both ... Sep 26, 2005
    ...block blood vessels further down in the leg. The most dangerous consequence of that is gangrene, which can result in amputation.
    - MedPage Today

    Diabetes Mellitus Sep 19, 2005
    ...later lead to complications like neuropathy, retinopathy, delayed healing, infections, ulcers, persistent skin problems, and, in rare cases, gangrene and renal ...
    - Vashi2Panvel.Com

    Man Charged With Neglect In Death Of Grandfather Sep 27, 2005
    Tuesday. Ebberts died of malnutrition and a gangrene infection, Delaware County Deputy Prosecutor Eric Hoffman said. Authorities ...
    - INDYchannel.com

    Man charged with neglect in grandfather's death Sep 26, 2005
    Ebberts, 2417 S. Elm St., died Sept. 12 as a result of "gross malnutrition, gangrene infection and pulmonary edema," according to his death certificate. ...
    - Muncie Star Press

    Patients often forced to battle the system Sep 18, 2005
    Milford woman, who has a nursing background, can't pardon her health plan for is its refusal to allow her to return to the hospital, even after gangrene set in ...
    - Connecticut Post

    El Camino Hospital Physician Available for Comment on Recently ... Sep 21, 2005
    The most common complaint of people with PAD is claudication, or leg pain. Patients with PAD are at risk for ulceration, infection, gangrene or amputation. ...
    - PR Newswire (press release)

    Staff dearth, obsolete machines plague hospital Sep 27, 2005
    New Delhi, September 27: THREE years ago Pramod Singh Sisodia lost his legs to gangrene. Almost two years after the amputation at ...
    - Delhi Newsline

    MORE BLOOD-SUCKING PARASITES THAT HEAL Sep 28, 2005
    The doctors told him that the blood supply to his penis had been cut off for too long and his little friend was now suffering from gangrene. ...
    - Boise Weekly

    Tired of rural GP ‘moralising’ Sep 27, 2005
    The recommendation for angled needle entry to the thigh in children is based on a report of foot gangrene after IM injection of penicillin where the needle was ...
    - AustralianDoctor.com (subscription)

    Don advises doctors to join politics Sep 18, 2005
    Delivering a lecture on “Human face of poverty in Nigeria: The scourge of oro-facial gangrene (Noma)�, Enwonwu frowned at the manner in which those without ...
    - Daily Independent

    Design team did heck of a job with air Sep 25, 2005
    Why, of the anaerobic bacteria that were permitted to survive the oxygen extinction, were the ones that cause botulism, gangrene, tetanus, tooth decay and bad ...
    - The Register-Guard

    Nurse facing criminal charges of neglecting patient Sep 28, 2005
    When she arrived there, Mrs. Harrison was malnourished and had "gangrene of both legs; bone, tendons and muscle exposed on the left foot with maggots noted and ...
    - Annapolis Capital

    Hurricane Helpers Sep 26, 2005
    Her ankle was infected with gangrene, and she had been sitting on the floor, which was soaked in water, for two to three days because she couldn't stand up. ...
    - The News-Review

    Louis Pomes: Standing Strong in St. Bernard Sep 28, 2005
    ...euthanatized. One cow had been tangled in phone lines and had developed gangrene, and a veterinarian recommended euthanasia. "I ...
    - TheHorse.com

    Ban for owner who amputated dog's leg Sep 9, 2005
    ...of red tissue. Prosser said the dog had developed gangrene and he had used an electric saw to cut it off himself. Bumper later had ...
    - ic Wales

    Reality Reel's FOX Home Entertainment Halloween Sweepstakes Sep 11, 2005
    Filmed in France, the juicy plot unfolds as the evil professor Gangrene (John Astin) and his bungling henchman Igor (Steve Lundquist) create a new strain of ...
    - Reality Reel

    Cheney Set for 'Minimally Invasive' Procedure to Repair Bulge in ... Sep 24, 2005
    Large aneurysms can also impinge on nerves and veins to cause pain and other problems. But the most serious complication is gangrene and a need for amputation. ...
    - New York Times

    Cheney back in hospital in new health scare Sep 24, 2005
    An aneurysm is a ballooning spot in an artery, which develops painlessly but weakens the artery walls and can lead to internal bleeding, gangrene and strokes ...
    - The Sunday Times

    Vice President Has Procedure for Aneurysm in His Right Knee Sep 24, 2005
    ...flow of blood, causing complications. A severe complication is gangrene, creating the need for amputation. The aneurysms are the ...
    - New York Times

    Jewish vet to get Medal of Honor Sep 22, 2005
    For example, Rubin said he would retrieve maggots from the prisoners' latrine and apply them to the infected wounds of his comrades to remove gangrene. ...
    - Chicago Sun-Times

    Dog owning ban on man who did DIY amputation Sep 9, 2005
    ...red tissue. Prosser said the dog had developed gangrene and that he had used an electric saw to cut off the infected leg. Bumper ...
    - Scotsman

    WWII surgery 'guinea pigs' reunite Sep 23, 2005
    ...frostbite. They wrapped saline bags around my hands. But it was the wrong treatment, and I got gangrene in my fingers.". Alan was ...
    - BBC News

    Delayed for 50 years, medal finally goes to Jewish hero Sep 21, 2005
    And he plucked maggots from the filth in latrines, which he placed in soldiers' festering wounds to eat the gangrene growing there. ...
    - Times Record News

    Bush, Frist fuel science attack Sep 20, 2005
    Why would an intelligent designer design Guinea worm, elephantiasis, yellow fever, malaria, cancer, Siamese twins, gangrene, hydrocephaly -- name your evil. ...
    - SouthCoastToday.com

    The government is planning to arrest anyone who “glorifies� ... Sep 17, 2005
    The gangrene was far beyond treatment, though its punishments had seemed to abate when he faced the hastily- convened Field General Court Martial. ...
    - Sunday Herald

    Biloxi woman feels like nomad in Ga. Sep 23, 2005
    ..."The Georgia Baptists said, 'Good, fill it up.' ". Many who arrived were sick with nausea or dysentery from a lack of food. One man had gangrene in his foot. ...
    - Jackson Clarion Ledger

    Last week's kidney transplant may not be local man's last Sep 23, 2005
    Gangrene forced amputation of Smith's left big toe in August, but doctors initially thought the rest of the leg was sufficiently healthy for him to have the ...
    - The Grand Rapids Press

    Meningococcemia scare no cause to be alarmed: health office Sep 21, 2005
    ...include fever, cough, sore throat, pinpoint rashes which become wider and appear like bruises, severe skin lesions that may lead to gangrene, unstable vital ...
    - Sun Star

    Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association Sep 21, 2005
    1. In 1998, Huseyin et al 4 reported progressive gangrene of the hand associated with hereditary deficiency of protein C. Onwuanyi et al 5 described a case of ...
    - Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

    New Treatment Offers Hope to Millions of Diabetics Sep 20, 2005
    A diabetic foot wound that remains unhealed after one month is associated with a poor outcome -- gangrene and, ultimately, amputation. ...
    - PR Newswire (press release)

    Doctor who failed to spot baby's blood clot Sep 22, 2005
    ...clot-busting drugs he was admitted to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London where it was discovered the baby had heart and kidney trouble and gangrene in his ...
    - Herts 24

    A Seafarer's Lasting Imprint Sep 18, 2005
    Another says he broke both an arm and a leg.". Cabrillo was taken back to the ship, where he developed gangrene. "He died on Jan. ...
    - ktla 5

    Wound therapy not what it used to be Sep 17, 2005
    After three surgeries in five days and getting gangrene, his doctor offered an unacceptable alternative: "My local doctor kind of wanted to cut my leg off.". ...
    - Amarillo.com (subscription)

    Frozen in time, Endurance's end Sep 21, 2005
    Edgar Evans fell to his death and Captain Lawrence "Titus" Oates, stricken with gangrene and frostbite, walked out of the tent saying: "I'm just going outside ...
    - Guardian Unlimited

    Teams recall evacuees' gratitude Sep 18, 2005
    ...medications. People who had walked through water suffered blisters on their feet, many to the point where gangrene had set in. Yet ...
    - St. Petersburg Times

    Why Use Garlic in Your Diet? Sep 24, 2005
    Today, many countries often rely on garlic in the treatment of tuberculosis, bronchial disorders, lupus, pulmonary gangrene, and inflammation of the trachea. ...
    - Bella Online

    Cheney condition good after artery surgery Sep 25, 2005
    ...of blood, causing complications. A severe complication is gangrene, creating the need for amputation. Cheney had been scheduled ...
    - AZ Central.com

    A medical crisis like few have ever seen Sep 5, 2005
    ...hooked up diabetics to dialysis, bandaged snakebites and distributed thousands of medications, including many antibiotics for cases of gangrene and other ...
    - Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription)

    Glastoe: The festival with trench foot Sep 1, 2005
    ...have to have it amputated?'. In extreme cases sufferers could develop gangrene or even face amputation. But victims who became infected ...
    - This is London

    Elementary Watson still eligible to take parliaments for a ride Sep 3, 2005
    ...in the quality of the foxes killed and always with the possibility of a wounded animal dying a long and agonising death from gangrene and starvation. ...
    - Scotland on Sunday

    Delay and misfortune frustrate medical teams Sep 4, 2005
    Biloxi. They had been told to expect to be dealing with traumatic amputations, gangrene, heat-related trauma and severe lacerations. ...
    - MSN Money

    Eerie Saturday Night in the Big Easy Sep 3, 2005
    ...s flooding. They say gangrene is setting in. Down the street, Vaughn Couk and Ted Mack sit out in front of the Blues Club. They ...
    - Leading The Charge

    That laughter may endure… Sep 1, 2005
    To add salt to a gangrene, little contracts at the party secretariat are being exhumed at the backyard of Dr. Mrs. Ali– just to incite hard and powerful ...
    - Daily Sun

    Journey to the Bayou Sep 7, 2005
    ...helicopters. “We saw people with gangrene-infected cuts in their legs, swollen to twice [their] size,� Buder recalled. Hankla ...
    - The Duke Chronicle

    Chickens get sanctuary Sep 13, 2005
    She said about 25 chickens arrived in critical condition, suffering from broken wings or legs - or in one case gangrene - and were sent to Cornell University ...
    - Corning Leader

    Legs For Life free national screening program can save legs Sep 1, 2005
    ...legs. This causes decreased blood flow to the legs, which can result in pain when walking, and eventually gangrene and amputation. ...
    - News-Medical.net

    Patient flow finally slows at NO airport Sep 12, 2005
    ...flood waters. The filthy water accelerates the infection process, causing gangrene and other problems for victims, Vinson said. He ...
    - 2theadvocate.com

    New York Set For World Summit Sep 13, 2005
    Another angle to meeting this objective is said to be the capacity of developing nations to battle the corruption gangrene and facilitate transparent governance ...
    - AllAfrica.com

    Lewis helps lead Gulfport rescues Sep 7, 2005
    On Tuesday, 20 missions to outlying areas exposed "incredible needs," Lewis said. "An hour ago, we found a lady with gangrene. Half ...
    - Palm Beach Daily News

    Medical team members recall horrors in Katrina aftermath Sep 11, 2005
    Trench foot is a foot disease caused by long exposure to cold, wet and unsanitary conditions. If left untreated, it can result in gangrene. ...
    - The Register-Guard

    Easton doctor organizing trip to aid Katrina victims Sep 7, 2005
    Simple medical care would top his agenda: distributing dressings for wounds, caring for gangrene, hydrating parched survivors with IVs and delivering supplies ...
    - The Express Times

    Suspending state gas tax debated Sep 9, 2005
    ...code. * Gangrene Film Festival, Kenley Centennial Amphitheater, northeast end of Layton Commons Park, 403 N. Wasatch Drive, Layton. ...
    - Standard-Examiner (subscription)

    Commentary: 'Survivor' premiere has familiar faces, dicey races Sep 16, 2005
    ...treat us to a foot close-up. I’m no doctor so I’m not going to out-and-out use the word gangrene. All I’m saying is maybe ...
    - Press-Enterprise (subscription)

    THE SAGE GROUP Reports that Critical Limb Ischemia Afflicts An ... Sep 12, 2005
    ...lining. In the later stages of PAD (critical limb ischemia or CLI) blood flow is so inadequate that ulcerations and gangrene occur. ...
    - Business Wire (press release)

    The way I See it: Gore, guts and glory at Trafalgar Sep 3, 2005
    ...survival. A broken limb could lead to tetanus and gangrene, while bad fractures were automatically hacked off at the nearest joint. ...
    - Belfast Telegraph

    Volunteer to Mississippi Sep 15, 2005
    His initial trip was filled with difficult experiences. "We went in and her foot was literally gangrene and would probably have to be amputated.". ...
    - WTHI

    AROUND THE TOWNS Sep 15, 2005
    The blood poisoning led to gangrene and, two weeks after being admitted to the hospital, both his legs were amputated below the knee. ...
    - Freeport Journal Standard

    Weekend Updates Sep 16, 2005
    We’ve got a good six weeks till Halloween rolls around, but for folks like Channel 19’s “Chiller Cinema� host Dr. Gangrene, it’s Halloween all ...
    - Nashville Scene

    Desperation Pushes Woman To Medicine's Fringes: Maggot Therapy Sep 11, 2005
    The skin on top of her foot turned black, an indication of gangrene -- the death of tissue, and blood tests showed high levels of white blood cells, suggesting ...
    - The Ledger

    - By Neha Sharma Sep 15, 2005
    ..."His forehead was bleeding. As gangrene spread, there was no option but to amputate the wrist," informed one of the junior doctors. ...
    - The Asian Age

    Go, See, Do- Music Sep 14, 2005
    ...$10 includes CD. Dr. Gangrene’s Horror Hootenanny w/The Creeping Cruds, The All American Werewolves, The Exotic Ones and The Codenames. 7:30 pm, The End. ...
    - Nashville City Paper

    Medical advance changes a life Sep 13, 2005
    Thomas suffered from peripheral vascular disease, and an artery in his right leg was 100 percent blocked and needed to be unclogged before gangrene set in his ...
    - News Journal

    Invasion of the Taqwa-Punks: The 2005 ISNA Convention Sep 13, 2005
    Sometimes with his swollen gangrene leg he’d take a step over the line, attending jum’aa at Masjid Malcolm Shabazz and even making salat in the Allah School ...
    - Muslim WakeUp!

    Dazed survivors head for uncertain new lives Sep 5, 2005
    Even before Katrina arrived, he had circulation problems, which sometimes causes diabetics to develop gangrene in their extremities. ...
    - Oxford Press

    Identifying Katrina's Dead Could Prove Difficult Sep 12, 2005
    ...one paramedic. �They're getting cut by glass. It's getting infected by water. We had a woman with gangrene.". Any contact with ...
    - CBS 5

    Ex-Morris resident on Katrina mission: 'The worst thing I've ever ... Sep 4, 2005
    She had just gotten out of surgery last week. A bypass, I think. She was so weak and suffering, and she had gangrene. I don't know if she survived.". ...
    - Dailyrecord.com

    TV GIRL JENNI: I'M CRIPPLED BY THE COLD Sep 2, 2005
    The illness can lead to gangrene and sufferers may need to have limbs amputated. Jenni, 29, said: "I try not to think about that. ...
    - Glasgow Daily Record

    Diabetics with 'at risk' feet are prone to problems Sep 6, 2005
    ...shoe on. Without sensitivity more serious problems can ensue, such as gangrene or ulcers which become more difficult to treat. It ...
    - Auburn Citizen

    Helping Afghanistan One Cupcake at a Time Sep 12, 2005
    Eight years ago, the widow's husband lost a leg and an arm in a bombing at a bazaar. His remaining leg developed gangrene last year and was amputated. ...
    - ChristianityToday.com

    Ex-RSPCA boss backs fox hunting Sep 13, 2005
    Recent peerreviewed research demonstrating high levels of wounding in shot foxes, shows that more animals will suffer for weeks before gangrene finally causes ...
    - ic Birmingham.co.uk

    Dave Fortune Sep 7, 2005
    When changing the dressings on his left leg, the doctor informed Fortune that he had gangrene and amputation would be required. ...
    - News of Delaware County

    The arsenic calamity Sep 14, 2005
    Limbs can be affected by gangrene; internal organs can be affected and in extreme cases cancer can occur in skin and internal organs. ...
    - PeaceJournalism.com

    Nurse is a caretaker to ill-treated iguanas Sep 4, 2005
    ..."He's a perfect pet now," she said. "But when he arrived, he was skin-and-bones starving, with a tail infection that turned into gangrene." Three surgeries ...
    - Anchorage Daily News

    New grief support group helps suicide survivors Sep 10, 2005
    After a car accident in 2001 that crushed his right ankle, he underwent 14 surgeries and suffered gangrene. Just before taking his life, he lost his job. ...
    - Longmont Daily Times-Call

    Can cigarettes really cost an arm and a leg? Aug 30, 2005
    ...with non-smokers. Campaigners said awareness of PAD, which can lead to gangrene and limb amputation, was low. Action on Smoking ...
    - ic Wales

    Schizophrenia Psychiatry's for Profit 'disease' Sep 1, 2005
    Any psychiatrist or psychologist who claims that “serious mental illnesses� are no different than a heart condition, gangrene of the leg or the common cold ...
    - PR Leap (press release)

    Festival memories linger with glas-toe souvenir Aug 31, 2005
    ...for long stretches. Symptoms include numbness in the toes, blistered skin and, in the most severe cases, gangrene. However, the ...
    - Guardian Unlimited




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