Tag: Health & Medicine

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 ...

A survey conducted by investigators at the Mongan Institute Health Policy Center at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) found that almost ...

Following is a statement from the American Diabetes Association (January 12, 2017): On behalf of the nearly 30 million Americans ...

African-Americans are at higher risk for two diseases-diabetes and peripheral arterial disease (PAD)-that together threaten to cause them more preventable ...

Beneficiaries of Medicare who develop cancer and don't have supplemental health insurance incur out-of-pocket expenditures for their treatments averaging one-quarter ...

Although both group and individual therapy can ease post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in active-duty military service members, individual therapy ...

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) occurs when fat, cholesterol, and other substances accumulate in blood vessels away from the heart, restricting ...

The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) has released a webinar during which the organization's president ...

By removing the protein galectin-3 (Gal3), a team of investigators led by University of California (UC) School of Medicine researchers ...

The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) has released a special alert providing an analysis of ...

AARP has sued the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to invalidate provisions of new federal wellness rules that allow employers ...

Smart phone apps could offer patients with type 2 diabetes a highly effective method of self-managing their condition, concluded a ...

Results from a large international study of patients taking metformin, the world’s most commonly used drug to treat type 2 diabetes, ...

A Northwestern University team has developed a new treatment for hard-to-treat diabetes-related foot ulcers, which can lead to complications such ...

University of Pittsburgh researchers have shown that participating in a lifestyle intervention program to improve health not only helped people lose ...

Whether you’re Van Gogh or a stick-figure sketcher, a Drexel University study found that making art can significantly reduce stress-related ...