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Test-Case Scenarios Improve Amputee Care

Test-Case Scenarios Improve Amputee Care

Ever wondered how to find projects that are actively recruiting amputee subjects? Here's how to decide which studies are good fits for you, how to connect with research teams, and how to guarantee your privacy ...
Amputees With Diabetes: Living in the Shadows

Amputees With Diabetes: Living in the Shadows

Amputees who lost their limb to diabetes are barely visible on social media, so nondisabled Americans are getting an incomplete view of who amputees are and how they live ...
Love Don't Come Easy for Amputees

Love Don’t Come Easy for Amputees

Finding love is hard for everyone, especially for amputees. When I needed some insights about what makes for a successful relationship, I reached out to the experts: other amputees ...
When Will Mind-Controlled Prosthetics Reach Consumers?

When Will Mind-Controlled Prosthetics Reach Consumers?

Neuroprosthetic devices could transform amputees’ lives—if they ever escape the R&D dungeon. Read about the opportunities for progress, and the obstacles that keep these advanced devices off the market ...
Beyond the Fear of Failure

Beyond the Fear of Failure

Climbing has contributed so much to my emotional, physical, and personal growth, and I’m thankful for the events that helped me find the sport during a transition period in my life. It has never been easy, but the journeys that ...
Getting a Leg Up With Humor

Getting a Leg Up With Humor

Having a sense of humor and laughing frequently may boost a person’s immune system, aid with sleep, dull pain, relieve stress, and improve moods, according to the Mayo Clinic’s website. But humor and laughter are not a cure-all ...
Humor on the Side

Humor on the Side

Most people with limb loss are not striving for careers in comedy. But many use humor in some of their activities to do more than just make people laugh ...
Live to Roam

Live to Roam

Hans Christian Andersen Said, “To travel is to live.” I say, “To travel is to learn.” My intense love of travel started when I went to Norway as a 16-year-old exchange student in the summer of 1984, and that passion has ...
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