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Fenofibrate demonstrated to reduce rates of minor amputation in patients with diabetes
Section:  Diabetes

The recently reported FIELD study, reported in The Lancet last week, demonstrated the lipid lowering medication fenofibrate to reduce rates of minor amputation in patients with diabetes by 36%. Curiously, rates of more proximal amputation remained the same.

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