Tag: Health & Medicine

Clinical trials are now underway to investigate psychedelics’ effects on phantom limb pain, depression, PTSD, opioid addiction, and other amputee ...

The concept of predictive coding suggests the brain builds models of perception to predict future input. When its predictions don’t ...

According to new research from physical therapist Szu-Ping Lee, externally focused instructions can help amputees get better results in PT.

The Prosthetic Sock Management Tool helps amputees maintain good socket fit while keeping skin sores, chafing, and other miseries at ...

The Podimetrics SmartMat, an early-detection system for diabetic foot ulcers, could prevent thousands of amputations every year. Here's how it ...

A new discovery dates medical amputation to more than 30,000 years ago, radically altering our understanding of how human medical ...

Now that the FDA has granted approval for some forms of this new procedure, the number of American amputees who ...

Two new studies offer strong evidence that osseointegration delivers on its promise of greater mobility, stability, and quality of life ...

Beginning this year, the VA is offering osseointegration surgery and rehabilitation to all amputee veterans. Are you a good candidate ...

Doctors and prosthetists are shifting toward a more holistic amputee care model, one that promises to deliver a better experience ...

Cassandra Quave's medical education began in childhood. Born with congenital differences in her right leg, she had a below-knee amputation ...

Advocating for yourself is hard but essential. When facing difficult decisions, you have to be ready to stand your ground ...

The coming generation of prosthetic technology promises greater affordability and ease of use for amputees. Learn about the game-changing devices ...

Veterans who have acupuncture before surgery report less pain and need far fewer opioids to manage their discomfort, according to a ...

It’s well documented that moderate exercise can reduce the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, various cancers, and other age-related ...

While it’s risky to speculate about the future and how it might affect people’s lives, past experience and current trends ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched Care Compare, a streamlined redesign of eight existing CMS healthcare compare ...

Acknowledging health as a universal human right could galvanize people and organizations to make major improvements in health worldwide, according to ...

Although it’s possible to simulate touch by stimulating the remaining nerves in the residual limb after an amputation, such surgery is ...

As CBD products have grown in popularity and other cannabinoid products have become legal in some states, amputees who struggle with ...

Don't look back, Baby Boom amputees. Millennials and Gen Zers are nipping at your heels. “When you get a disability, ...

Many people associate peripheral arterial disease (PAD) with diabetes. But you don’t need to have diabetes to develop PAD, and ...

Every morning, Ricky Bartlett wakes up and turns on the television before doing anything else. But it's not the flat-screen ...

Whether you're a recent amputee or have been one all your life, the problem of liner odor, well—it stinks. After ...

Rural Iowa is gorgeous. But when you need to see a prosthetist to adjust your new high-tech foot, and you ...

Currently prescribed physical therapy often requires patients to complete regular exercises at home. Outside of the clinic, patients rarely receive ...

Worrying about catching an infectious disease can be stressful. Nathaniel Van Kirk, PhD; Kathryn D. Boger, PhD, ABPP; and Marni J. Chanoff, ...

A new study shows that even when the surgeon and hospital are in-network, one in five operations could result in ...

For anyone affected by childhood cancer, there is an award-winning online resource provided by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital: Together https://together.StJude.org. Image courtesy ...

A group of researchers from Clinical Research & Services/Biomechanics at Ottobock in Gottingen, Germany, and Vienna, Austria, set out to ...

Children with public insurance are slightly more likely to receive medical services that they don’t need than those with private ...

In a promising discovery that could improve the clinical delivery of insulin for people with diabetes, scientists have developed a ...

A common method to evaluate the energy cost of walking is the oxygen consumption measurement with a metabolimeter, but it ...

If you have lost a limb due to complications of diabetes, you are likely aware of the importance of diabetes ...

According to a new study, the out-of-pocket financial burden for insured working Americans is substantial and growing—especially when it comes ...

In 1999, the Institute of Medicine issued To Err Is Human, a 300-page declaration of a crisis in patient safety. ...

AARP Executive Vice President and Chief Advocacy and Engagement Officer Nancy LeaMond released the following statement on the December 12 ...

For each major type of cancer treatment (radiation therapy, chemotherapy, surgery), approximately one-third of patients experienced treatment-related side effects that ...

Retail prices for 267 brand-name drugs commonly used by older adults surged by an average of 5.8 percent in 2018, ...

A study by the Korean Diabetes Association compared walking outcomes in people whose transtibial amputations were caused by diabetes compared ...

People with upper-limb loss or absence experience a high prevalence of falls, and prosthesis use increases fall likelihood by six ...

Djurica Resanovic had a motorbike accident several years ago that resulted in the amputation of his leg above the knee. ...

The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) released its latest webcast in which Peter Thomas, JD, ...

Individuals with unilateral lower-limb loss are at increased risk for developing chronic low back pain. Aberrant trunk and pelvis motor ...

As Medicare Open Enrollment approaches, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reminds Medicare beneficiaries to be vigilant and ...

A study in the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society evaluated the influence of lower-limb loss on mental workload by ...

Researchers at University College London, England, and Tel Aviv University, Israel, have discovered that people who use their feet like ...

The Amputee Coalition has named Jeffrey Cain, MD, as the new chair of its board of directors. Cain has served ...

Exercise and increased physical activity are effective for both prevention and treatment of depression, concludes a research review in Current ...