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Tips for Getting the Best Results From Your Prosthesis
Prosthetic devices are well-developed tools that can greatly benefit amputees. For best results, it is essential that you and your prosthetist choose the correct device and that
Healing Through Hobbies
Whether it’s painting, cooking, gardening, or volunteering, hobbies provide opportunities for creative expression and to experience the world from new perspectives. Powerful things happen when creativity
Saving Limbs, Saving Lives
Tips for Preventing Diabetes-Related Health Problems Diabetes is a disease that causes high blood sugar levels. Uncontrolled, it can cause many health complications, including cardiovascular disease,
LIVING WITH AMPLITUDE
Are You a Customer or a Partner?
To achieve a successful resolution of a medical problem, it is imperative that the healthcare provider and the patient consider each other partners. Here’s why.
Looking for Great Speeches by Amputees?
Do you ever feel like you could use a little inspiration, motivation, or just a new perspective on getting the most out of your life?<!--
Workshop for Bilateral Upper-limb Amputees Scheduled for October
The Skills for Life 4 (SFL4) Workshop for bilateral upper-limb amputees will be held in Houston October 22-25. Skills for Life is a unique program
Can Fake Pills Work? Even When We Know They’re Fake?
For a large number of participants in these placebo trials, knowing that the “treatment” is an inert pill doesn’t stop them from feeling relief. “For
Smart Insulin Patch Could Replace Painful Injections For Diabetes
Painful insulin injections could become a thing of the past for the millions of Americans who suffer from diabetes, thanks to a new invention from
Warning: Your Medications Could Harm You
Recent estimates suggest that 20 to 30 percent of opioid analgesic drugs prescribed for chronic pain are misused, while the rate of opioid addiction is
Tips for Keeping More of Your Money in Your Pocket
Always ask for itemized bills from your healthcare providers, and carefully review them and the Medicare Summary Notice or Explanation of Benefits (EOB) you receive
Rebuilding Life Through Work and Sports
On December 13, 2013, Lt. Cmdr. Jaime Sigala fell and fractured his lower left leg. Unfortunately, after multiple surgeries, his doctor gave him the difficult
Spotlight On Books
This illustrated children’s book is about a little girl who has had an amputation. Even though she now uses a prosthetic leg, she can do
Are You a Customer or a Partner?
To achieve a successful resolution of a medical problem, it is imperative that the healthcare provider and the patient consider each other partners. Here’s
Looking for Great Speeches by Amputees?
Do you ever feel like you could use a little inspiration, motivation, or just a new perspective on getting the most out of your
Workshop for Bilateral Upper-limb Amputees Scheduled for October
The Skills for Life 4 (SFL4) Workshop for bilateral upper-limb amputees will be held in Houston October 22-25. Skills for Life is a unique
Can Fake Pills Work? Even When We Know They’re Fake?
For a large number of participants in these placebo trials, knowing that the “treatment” is an inert pill doesn’t stop them from feeling relief.
Smart Insulin Patch Could Replace Painful Injections For Diabetes
Painful insulin injections could become a thing of the past for the millions of Americans who suffer from diabetes, thanks to a new invention
Warning: Your Medications Could Harm You
Recent estimates suggest that 20 to 30 percent of opioid analgesic drugs prescribed for chronic pain are misused, while the rate of opioid addiction
Tips for Keeping More of Your Money in Your Pocket
Always ask for itemized bills from your healthcare providers, and carefully review them and the Medicare Summary Notice or Explanation of Benefits (EOB) you
Rebuilding Life Through Work and Sports
On December 13, 2013, Lt. Cmdr. Jaime Sigala fell and fractured his lower left leg. Unfortunately, after multiple surgeries, his doctor gave him the
