Device to reduce instances of diabetes-related amputation

A device similar to bathroom scales could stem the tide of patients who lose their limbs as a result of diabetes, researchers have said.

Experts have developed a diagnostic device which can spot diabetes-related complications in the feet early on. The researchers, from London South Bank University (LSBU), said 100 people in Britain alone lose a limb every week as a result of diabetes complications.

The new device could see problems spotted sooner, meaning that patients will not have to undergo the agony of amputation.