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U.S. Paralympics, a division of the United States Olympic Committee, has announced that 14 athletes, including six reigning world champions, ...

The U.S. Paralympics has named 42 athletes, including ten reigning world champions, to the 2015 Track & Field National Team. ...

U.S. Army veteran Chad Pfeifer is the first person with an amputation to play in an event sanctioned by the ...

Sylvia M. Burwell, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced that Medicare payments to doctors, ...

Researchers from the Brooke Army Medical Center’s Center for the Intrepid (CFI), San Antonio, found that, for people with transtibial ...

The February 2015 issue of Prosthetics and Orthotics International (POI) is devoted to the prevention and management of foot complications ...

Doctors who treat cancer are vigilant when it comes to the physical side effects of the therapies they prescribe, but ...

If you haven’t already experienced telemedicine, you may soon have the option. Technology is helping people connect with their physicians ...

The recommendation that adults should get 150 minutes of moderate exercise per week may be too ambitious for many middle-aged ...

Hanger Clinic, Austin, Texas, announced that its Amputee Empowerment Partners (AEP) Peer Support Program is now known as AMPOWER. The ...

Disabled Sports USA (DSUSA) has received an $80,000 grant from the Anthem Foundation to support rehabilitation programs in sports and ...

Blood pressure (BP)-lowering treatment among patients with type 2 diabetes is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) ...

U.S. Nordic sit-skier Andy Soule was voted the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) Athlete of the Month after a record-breaking January. ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced that it has awarded prime contracts for Phase 1 of its Hand ...

Researchers at Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, have received a grant, OR120021, from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Congressionally ...

The Amputee Coalition is accepting applications for the Scott Decker, MD, Memorial Scholarship for college tuition for the 2015-2016 academic ...

Physicians often blame patient demands for contributing to high medical costs. A new study involving more than 5,000 patient-clinician visits ...

The Amputee Coalition is accepting applications for the Kathy Spozio Bridge to Ability Scholarship. The scholarship provides full conference registration ...

Amplitude Media Group (AMG)-a leading information source for amputees, their family members, and their caregivers-is proud to announce the launch ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of three of the nation’s most important programs for seniors-Medicare, Medicaid, and the Older ...

More than half of individuals and families in the United States earned $60,000 or less last year, making them eligible ...

Zelda Williams, the daughter of Robin Williams, announced that the Williams family will establish a charity fund in the late ...

A computer-controlled actuator operates a camera that helps a robotic ankle “see” what’s ahead. Photograph courtesy of Michigan Technological University. ...

Seven-year-old Foster’s fingertips are so calloused from pricking them that he now draws blood from the sides of his fingers ...

Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) have authored the “Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act.” The bill will ...

Photographs courtesy of CAF. Nearly 500 guests came together to help raise more than $3 million for the Challenged Athletes ...

Photographs courtesy of Alan Finnieston. Wilfrid Macena, Mackenson Pierre, and Sandy J.L. Louiseme, who were among the thousands of Haitians ...

From left, Gajewski, Walsh, Cohen, Waite, and Leydon show their farm arm capstone project. Photograph by Matthew Modoono, courtesy of ...

Photographs courtesy of Rutgers University. When Dunellen High School senior Calvin Nemeckay landed the lead role of Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks ...

Exclusive live coverage from Amplitude. Hale shreds the course. Photograph by Maggie Zawalski. The Fairplay ski run at Copper Mountain ...

Having a high sense of purpose in life may lower your risk of heart disease and stroke, according to a ...

Even though an estimated 3 million Americans are living with type 1 diabetes and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

Disabled Sports USA (DSUSA) announced that its Warfighter Sports program has received $700,000 raised at the American International Group (AIG) ...

A six-hour PBS documentary series, Ken Burns Presents Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, will premiere nationwide March 30, March ...

The Department of Defense (DoD) Warrior Games 2015 will take place June 19-28 at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. DoD ...

Össur Americas, Foothill Ranch, California, and the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) have announced a new, multi-year global sponsorship agreement that ...

Filomena Simone, an engineer with the research team led by Professor Stefan Seelecke, is working on the prototype of the ...

Two-term Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) has announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate. Duckworth will challenge incumbent Senator Mark Kirk ...

A comprehensive study examining clinical trials of more than 95,000 patients has found that some glucose- or sugar-lowering medications prescribed ...

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert A. McDonald announced the award of nearly $93 million in Supportive Services for Veteran Families ...

For all their lethality, cancer cells don’t look much different from healthy cells, a simple fact that causes endless pain ...

Users can drive this brain-controlled wheelchair reliably and safely over long periods of time thanks to the incorporation of “shared ...

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) of Texas recently appointed Jeff Bourns to its Adaptive Tennis Committee. Bourns has 25 ...

The Amputee Coalition announced that April is Limb Loss Awareness Month-the coalition’s initiative to increase awareness about those living with ...

Photo courtesy of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland hosted its 8th annual St. Baldrick’s Foundation ...

The Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) announced that it has distributed $3.5 million in grants through its annual Access for Athletes ...

New Study Finds that High-Cocoa Chocolate Accelerates Weight Loss Can you indulge your sweet tooth and lose weight at the ...

From left: Shawn and Dan Winer spearheaded lab work that could redefine diabetes as an autoimmune illness rather than a ...

Leroy races to the finish line during the U.S. Army Trials. U.S. Army photograph by Spc. Maricris C. Cosejo. A ...

Losing as little as 30 minutes of sleep per day on weekdays can have long-term consequences for body weight and ...