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  • They become the lower-limb protection equivalent of a thong or a nipple tassel – more for highlighting than coverage.

    Why Emmanuel Adebayor might not have a leg to stand on Harry Pearson 2010

  • But, almost none of the nation's 54 million prediabetics receive this coaching and education and Medicaid, as now constituted, generally will not pay for it; instead, the nation goes on and on performing 88,000 diabetes-related lower-limb amputations year after year, most unnecessary and most paid for in public funds!

    Chris Norwood: Below the Belt: Governor Paterson Tries a Little Medicaid Reform 2009

  • Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness and kidney failure, and diabetics are many times more likely to die of pneumonia or influenza and have non-traumatic lower-limb amputations than non-diabetics.

    Diabetes and Common Sense 2008

  • Complementary analyses of interjoint Hilbert relative phase suggested a lower-limb organization into a vertical suspension mode and an oscillatory foreaft mode.

    Hooping.org | Blog 2004

  • Complementary analyses of interjoint Hilbert relative phase suggested a lower-limb organization into a vertical suspension mode and an oscillatory foreaft mode.

    Hooping.org | Blog | The Academic Side of Hooping 2004

  • A doctor who works with amputees questioned whether a high-tech foot designed for an active person is appropriate for an elderly patient with diabetes, a major cause of lower-limb amputations.

    The Seattle Times 2012

  • A report last year by the Health and Human Services inspector general found widespread questionable billing for lower-limb prostheses, a category that includes artificial feet.

    The Seattle Times 2012

  • In 2009, Medicare inappropriately paid $43 million for lower-limb prostheses that did not meet certain basic standards for accurate claims, investigators said.

    The Seattle Times 2012

  • In 2009, Medicare inappropriately paid $43 million for lower-limb prostheses that did not meet certain basic standards for accurate claims, investigators said.

    The Seattle Times 2012

  • A report last year by the Health and Human Services inspector general found widespread questionable billing for lower-limb prostheses, a category that includes artificial feet.

    The Seattle Times 2012

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