The amputation rate for diabetics in poor areas is high. This Boyle Heights clinic is trying to change that

Monday, May 1, 2017 - 05:31 in Health & Medicine

Maria Valdez didn’t have a lot of options. A wound on her foot that had become infected wasn’t healing because of her diabetes. She started using a wheelchair to get around. A year and a half ago, it seemed likely she was going to lose part of her leg. On a recent weekday, Valdez lay on a bed in...

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