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Amnesty International has urged King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to commute amputation sentences against six men convicted of "highway robbery." The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia is due to approve sentences to chop off their right hands and left feet.
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Hollywood actress Zsa Zsa Gabor's right leg has been amputated at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Friday in an operation that was done by doctors to save her life.
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Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, 93, may have her leg amputated doctors reported Sunday according to TransWorldNews. Doctors are working to save the leg with a round of heavy antibiotics.
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A dangerous game known as "sack tapping", which involves punching the groin, has led to one young Minnesota teenager having his right testicle amputated.
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Police in Nicolaus,California found left and right arms, and a human head on the weekend. A human leg was found in the same area in November. Police have yet to link the body parts to a single cadaver although it appears they were all surgically severed.
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Golfer Ken Green's lower right leg had to be amputated on Monday following a recreational vehicle accident that killed his brother and girlfriend last week. His German Shepherd also died in the accident.
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A doctor is being sued when a patient goes under the knife for a circumcision and the doctor finds the need to amputate the man's penis because of unforeseen medical necessity.
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Richard Collier of the Jacksonville Jaguars is paralyzed below the waist and had his left leg amputated after being shot earlier this month.
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A young man who almost lost his arms and legs to circulatory issues related to bacterial meningitis has undertaken a controversial stem cell procedure and is doing well. The procedure had to done abroad, as the FDA has not approved it as treatment.
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Dr. Jennifer Eddy says honey therapy can save diabetics from amputations cures diabetic ulcer wounds
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There were 199 lower limb diabetes related amputations in Northern Ireland between March 2010 and April 2011.
Leg amputation rates for people with diabetes are 10 times higher in some parts of England than in others.
As a new study highlights major variations in diabetes-related foot amputation rates, Barbara Young, chief executive of Diabetes UK, explains why action is needed to cut rates of preventable amputations.
As the sky glowered black and Stephanie Decker felt the monster tornado begin to suck her house into its vortex, she knew it would not hold and she had no choice but to shield her two young kids with her own body. Both of her legs had to be amputated late Friday -- but her kids survived.
Certain Viking Range dishwashers are a fire hazard. Some Office Depot Brand desk chairs can collapse when you go to sit in them. Todson's Topeak Babyseat II can amputate childrens' fingertips. What do these problem products have to do with each other? The Consumer Product Safety Commission --in cooperation with the companies-- has recalled all three just since the beginning of April.
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