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Focus on Films: Information, Inspiration, and Motivation Wrapped Up in Small Packages

Focus on Films: Information, Inspiration, and Motivation Wrapped Up in Small Packages

60 Second Docs offers brief videos on many interesting topics, including several that may be of interest to people with disabilities ...
An Interview With Artist Becca Cerra

An Interview With Artist Becca Cerra

Sculptor Becca Cerra’s recent project, titled Altered Aesthetics, focuses on four people living with amputations. Following is our conversation with ...
Fall Prevention Plan May Keep You Out of the Hospital

Fall Prevention Plan May Keep You Out of the Hospital

Older adults at risk for falls are less likely to suffer fall-related hospitalizations when they have a “fall plan of ...
Three Tips for Making Your Support Group Activities More Enjoyable

Three Tips for Making Your Support Group Activities More Enjoyable

Everyone’s so busy these days that it is easy to think you need to schedule time to have fun. But ...
Does Your Doctor Trust You?

Does Your Doctor Trust You?

Building a good relationship with your doctor—especially if you suffer from a painful chronic condition—is critical for getting the best ...

Mindful People May Feel Less Pain

A study conducted at Wake Forest School of Medicine may provide an answer for why some people feel less pain ...

Stump the Librarian: A Writer’s Book of Legs

Stump the Librarian: A Writer’s Book of LegsBy Alan L. Samry Stump the Librarian: A Writer’s Book of Legs is ...
A Passion for Helping Others

A Passion for Helping Others

By Rick Bowers Neal Seigfried was thinking of helping his fellow amputees when he asked his friends to donate to ...

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TMR on Transtibial Amputees Reduces Initial Phantom Limb Pain

Physicians at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine are pioneering the use of primary targeted ...

Amputation Level Affects Child’s Physical, Sports Function

Sports and physical functioning of children with amputations were significantly worse after amputations near the knee when compared with ankle-level ...

Depression Often Follows Dysvascular Amputation

Individuals undergoing lower-limb amputations secondary to dysvascular disease were found to have depressive symptoms during the first year after the ...

Adjustable Sockets May Help Control Fluid Volume in Residual Limb

Existing prosthetic technologies' adjustable sockets and locking pin tethers can be used in novel ways to help maintain residual limb ...

Three Tips for Sticking With Your New Year’s Resolutions

By February, nearly 80 percent of Americans will give up on their New Year’s resolutions, but Tomeka Flowers, a Houston ...
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