A University Hospitals program is working to reduce limb amputation. Here’s how [Video]

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio — News 5 continues to focus on your health and overall well-being, as well as the serious disparities impacting Black and brown communities across the area.

An estimated eight million people in the U.S. suffer from a disease called Peripheral Artery Disease.

It results in the narrowing or blocking of major arteries in your body—leading to limb loss.

Black and brown adults are nearly twice as likely to develop Type 2 Diabetes, which can lead to limb loss and amputations, according to health experts at University Hospitals.

Research shows Black patients are three to four times more likely to undergo an amputation than white patients.

More than 500 patients have their legs amputated each day in the U.S.

Doctors stress amputation is not normal.

They are now doing everything in their power to highlight there are other viable options for treatment.

Doctors at University Hospitals say education is vital, especially following April’s Limb …