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Why Do Women Get Less Effective Amputee Care?

Why Do Women Get Less Effective Amputee Care?

It’s well documented that race, income, and geography can influence amputees’ health status. But there’s another fault line in patient ...
Amputee Filmmakers Shine in 2024 Disability Film Challenge

Amputee Filmmakers Shine in 2024 Disability Film Challenge

It was another record-setting year for the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, with 136 entries. And as always, films by amputee ...
Do Running Blades Give Amputee Sprinters an Unfair Advantage?

Do Running Blades Give Amputee Sprinters an Unfair Advantage?

Ever since Oscar Pistorius began racing nondisabled sprinters, sports scientists have been debating whether running blades give amputee athletes an ...
Amplitude's Awareness Aces for #LLLDAM

Amplitude’s Awareness Aces for #LLLDAM

To celebrate Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month, we combed Amplitude’s print and digital archives to find amputees with ...
Disabled Vet Frances Rivera Has Wind in Her Sails

Disabled Vet Frances Rivera Has Wind in Her Sails

As one of the nation's top amputee kiteboarders, Frances Rivera is way more comfortable gliding over water than snow. But ...
The Smartest Guy in the Room

The Smartest Guy in the Room

When Phil Skiff evaluates federal grant applications, he’s typically the only reviewer without a PhD. But as a below-knee amputee, ...

Nanotech Weapon Could Help Prevent Bacterial Infections in Hospitals

Biofilms formed by bacteria that stick to each other on living tissue and medical instruments in hospitals, which make them ...

Seaweed Capsules May Lead to Injection-Free Life for People With Diabetes

The insulin-secreting cells of people with type 1 diabetes are destroyed by their immune systems and daily insulin injections are ...

Study Examines Fall Risk in People With Lower-Limb Amputations

A team of researchers from Columbia University Medical Center's Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, New York, conducted a prospective ...

MPC Ankle-Foot Can Improve Gait During Ramp Descent

Walking down slopes and over uneven terrain is problematic for people with unilateral transtibial amputations. Accordingly, prosthetic ankle devices have ...
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