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SPANNED SIX DECADES.
HE HAD A FAITHFUL FOLLOWING AS
HE CONTINUED TO TOUR ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND MERLE HAGGARD WAS
79 YEARS OLD.
A NEW STUDY SHOWS DIABETES
IS SKYROCKETING AROUND THE WORLD.
RESEARCHERS SAY CASES HAVE
QUADRUPLED IN THE PAST THREE
DECADES OF STUDIES FIND 422
MILLION ADULTS WITH DIABETES
WORLDWIDE AND RESEARCHERS FOUND
LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
EXPERIENCED THE BIGGEST JUMPS
OF DIABETES AND THAT IS MORE
COMMON AMONG MEN.
OBESITY IS THE MAIN RISK
FACTOR. EXERCISE, REALLY
MONITORING CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE,
EATING LESS PROCESSED FOODS,
ELIMINATING SUGARY DRINKS IS
THE KEY.
DIABETES IS THE SEVENTH
LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN
UNITED STATES KILLING ABOUT
70,000 AMERICANS A YEAR.
MEANWHILE HENNEPIN COUNTY
MEDICAL CENTER HAS A NEW WAY OF
TREATING DIABETES THE MIGHT OF
IT AND PETITION AND I THINK YOU
HAD A CHANCE TO CHECK IT OUT
AND IT SOUNDS PROMISING.
Reporter: THIS IS NEW
TECHNOLOGY AND ONLY BE OFFERED
IN ONE PLACE IN THE STATE.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE IF YOU ARE
PATIENT MENTALLY PREPARED FOR
AN AMPUTATION THIS COULD BE A
GAME CHANGER.
ED DAVIS PHOTOGRAPHED THE WORLD
LEADING A LIFE OF ADVENTURE AND
US HIS SON DESCRIBES IT IN
ADDICTION TO TOOTSIE ROLLS.
BUT TIMES HAVE NOT BEEN SO
SWEET AS OF LATE LAST MONTH HE
HAD ALL OF HIS TOES AMPUTATED
OFF HIS LEFT FOOT. I NEVER
SEE HIM CURSE HIS LUCK OR WHAT
WAS ME, IT IS ALWAYS HOW DO WE
WORK WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND MOVE
FORWARD? I AM A COG IN THE
WHEEL.
IS PIONEERING ATTITUDE
LETTERMAN THE HYPERBARIC
MEDICINE AREA AND HE HAS
REGULAR TREATMENTS IN A CHAMBER
WHERE IT FEELS LIKE HE IS 45
FEET UNDERWATER.
WHERE ABLE TO GET OXYGEN
LEVELS OF 10 TIMES HIGHER THAN
THEY CAN A NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
HE IS ALSO ENJOY NEW AND
UNIQUE TECHNOLOGY AS A DYE
INJECTION A PLEASANT THROUGH
HIS LEGS AND IN THE DARK A
CAMERA SHOWS WHERE THE BLOOD IS
FLOWING, AND WHICH PARTS CAN
HEAR IN WHICH PARTS NEED
AMPUTATION.
BEFORE DOCTORS HAD TO MAKE AN
EDUCATED GUESS ON WHAT NEEDS TO GO.
THIS HELPS US HAVE BETTER
OUTCOMES FOR OUR PATIENTS AND
WHAT WE TRIED TO DO THIS SAME
AS MUCH OF THEIR LEGS AS WE
CAN, THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO
FOR THE PATIENTS AT THE END UP
WITH A DEBILITATING IMPUTATION
THAT LEAVES THEM WILL DOWN AND
DEPENDENT.
THAT IS HIS HOPE FOR HIMSELF
AND OTHER PATIENTS, SAVING A
LIMB AND SALVAGING
INDEPENDENTS.
SO THE BIG GOAL FOR ED IS EVEN
THOUGH HIS TOES ARE GONE HE CAN
SAVE THE REST OF HIS FOOT WE
WERE ABLE TO SEE THE BLOOD FLOW
AND HIS FOOT TODAY WITH THIS
NEW DEVICE AND RIGHT NOW IT
APPEARS HE IS DOING PRETTY WELL
HEALING UP.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
THIS TREATMENT CENTER SAYS JUST
GIVE THEM A CALL, THEY ARE OPEN
AND THEY WOULD LOVE TO TAKE
MORE PATIENTS AND THERE IS A
LINK ON WCCO.COM. I HOPE IT