Tag: Health & Medicine

How Pain Can Steal Your Life—and the Tools to Take It Back

Faced with a rapid increase in the number of caregivers in the workplace, Northeast Business Group on Health (NEBGH) and ...

People with amputations in the United States are facing a "tech gap" in which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...

The American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA) says it will be watching and waiting for the consequences of President Trump's ...

On October 13, AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration's announcement that ACA ...

Recently, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a "Medicare for All" proposal that would create a single-payer healthcare system in the ...

Joe Baker, president of the Medicare Rights Center, issued the following statement in response to the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson Proposal:   Recent ...

While substantial research has established the importance of doctor-patient relationships in facilitating the healing process, few studies have explored patients' ...

The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) has released a webcast in which NAAOP General Counsel ...

What if people were able to regrow missing limbs just like a salamander? Could the future of treating amputations include ...

Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, and Threats to Your Financial Future

A federal court has ruled favorably for workers in an AARP suit against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that ...

The American Psychological Association (APA) has launched a comprehensive online resource to help psychologists and other mental health professionals, primary ...

Following is a statement from the American Diabetes Association (August 15):   The American Diabetes Association (Association) is deeply concerned ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the average basic premium for a Medicare Part D prescription ...

Americans extol price shopping for healthcare, yet few actually do it when given the means to, according to the findings ...

Nancy A. Berryhill, acting commissioner of Social Security, announced a new collaboration to access medical records electronically from Johns Hopkins ...

World and regional records held by athletes competing in the T43/F43 (bilateral below the knee lower limb amputations) and T42/F42 ...

Despite growing data that more advanced technology reduces falls and improves physical capabilities among patients with transfemoral amputations, patients with ...

Since 9/11, more than 2 million men and women have deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, and other conflict zones as part ...

Heat and sweating in the prosthetic socket are among the most frequently reported problems experienced by people with amputations. To ...

Eight prominent patient, provider, and consumer advocate groups announced June 13 that they are joining forces to host a series ...

Remember the simple joy of zipping around the yard in a toy car? Every kid should have that experience, and ...

By using virtual reality (VR) it is possible to create a simulated experience of being present in a 3D world ...

In a statement on May 23 following the release of the White House's proposed budget, AARP Executive Vice President Nancy ...

A new surgical technique devised by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers could allow prosthetic limbs to feel more like ...

Researchers at James Cook University (JCU), Cairns, Australia, have reported that a molecule produced by a Thai liver parasite could ...

A doctoral candidate, Andrew Hodrien, in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Salford, Manchester, England, is seeking ...

AARP sent a letter on May 15 to every member of the U.S. Senate urging them to start from scratch ...

Simple calf muscle stretching may reduce leg pain when walking and increase blood flow for people with peripheral artery disease ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted warning letters addressed to 14 U.S.-based companies illegally selling more than 65 ...

Photograph courtesy of Resnik. Linda Resnik, PhD, PT, an associate professor (research) in the Department of Health Services, Policy and ...

Touch is normally active, resulting from self-motion. Merkel afferents (top right, green and magenta) "fired" action potentials (white) during both ...

Robert Smith, PhD. Image courtesy of Robert Smith, PhD. Bacteria are everywhere, but despite widespread belief, not all bacteria are ...

Self-efficacy refers to a personal judgment about being able to succeed in reaching a desired outcome. Prosthetic rehabilitation is primarily ...

A new survey from the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) found that Medicare's Competitive Bidding Program (CBP) significantly reduced ...

Certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) and the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) suggest several ways for patients to become ...

People with upper-limb loss are one step closer to picking up a cookie or an egg without crushing them, thanks ...

Crowdfunding campaigns to pay for medical costs have become a booming industry in recent years, with sites like GoFundMe raising ...

Clancy tests the hand-wrist prosthesis. Photograph courtesy of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. A research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is ...

How many patients die in the hospital as a result of preventable medical errors? While debate continues over estimates based ...

Image by Iowa State University. If your New Year's resolution was to exercise more in 2017, chances are you've already ...

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is providing up to $8 million in grants to fund adaptive sports programs ...

About 80 percent of Americans will suffer from back pain at one time or another. A recent study found that ...

Participants are now being enrolled in clinical trials for the final tests on an artificial pancreas developed by the University ...

New research from The George Institute for Global Health concludes the weather plays no part in the symptoms associated with ...

The American Diabetes Association (Association) unveiled a new online hub-makeinsulinaffordable.org-as part of its Stand Up for Affordable Insulin Initiative, which ...

The flexible sensor film (transparent) can measure the temperature of a heating plate (white). In red is a gripping device. ...

The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) has written a letter to its members in which ...

Anesthesiologists, emergency physicians, pathologists, and radiologists often charge more than 4 times what Medicare pays for similar services, which may ...