Tag: Health & Medicine

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

Ask your doctor to allow a generic substitution for your prescription, if appropriate. Generic medicines are often as effective as ...

The side effects of cancer treatment, such as hair loss, dry skin, changes in fingernails and toenails, and weight gain or ...

Even in communities with barriers to healthcare, exercise opportunities, and healthy food, residents with diabetes saw improved health outcomes

The March/April 2016 issue of Amplitude reported on research that suggested that having a sense of purpose might help lower your health risks ...

Eighty-one percent of adults age 50 and older say prescription drug prices are too high, and 87 percent want politicians ...

Melissa Erickson. Image by Kristen Morales/UGA. Exercise can help enhance the effects of blood glucose-lowering medication, according to a study ...

John W. Ertl, MD, born Janos Vilmos von Ertl in Budapest, Hungary, in 1921, passed away March 27. He was ...

The pilot study indicates that applying cryoablation therapy, a minimally invasive targeted treatment using cold blasts, shows promise in improving ...

Safety-net clinics are likely to continue to play a critical role in meeting the needs of insured minority and low-income ...

Parks (far right) is thankful for the opportunity to act as a mentor at Fort Bliss. U.S. Army photo by ...

Military veterans return to the United States with multiple types of trauma and suffer from one of the highest rates ...

For decades, researchers have tried to duplicate the function of beta cells, the tiny insulin-producing entities that don't work properly ...

The National Coalition of Health Care announced that AARP has officially joined the coalition's Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing. AARP ...

As an amputee, you are probably aware of the importance of understanding your health insurance policy and its terminology, including coverage ...

Neuroscientists at Duke Health, Durham, North Carolina, have developed a brain-machine interface (BMI) that allows primates to use only their ...

The O&P Alliance met with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) staff on February 26 in Baltimore to ...

The flexible temperature array was made by drawing a resistor structure with a silver conductive ink pen on sticky note ...

The Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) and the University of Washington (UW) Medicine's Harborview Medical Center have formed ...

A December 2015 report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) and another ...

About 80 percent of diabetes-related lower-limb amputations are preceded by a foot ulcer. This progression from foot ulcer to amputation ...

The Amputee Coalition is accepting applications for the Kathy Spozio Bridge to Ability Scholarship to give new amputees the opportunity ...

Research on the OpenNotes model led by a University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) professor finds that follow-up e-mails are ...

Individuals with transfemoral amputations often have difficulty descending sloped surfaces due to increased lower-limb range of motion and torque requirements. ...

High-deductible health plans are sold as a way for consumers to take greater control over managing their medical costs, but ...

Image courtesy of NIBIB. Frequent measurement of blood-flow changes could improve the ability of healthcare providers to diagnose and treat ...

A new study conducted by researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has found that the financial toxicity resulting ...

A drug taken orally to control blood sugar levels in patients with diabetes may promote wound healing when applied directly ...

An analysis of medical literature to determine whether spinal cord stimulation (SCS) decreases lower-limb amputation found that SCS, rather than ...

Opioids may cause short-term improvement in mood, but long-term use imposes risk of new-onset depression, according to a Saint Louis ...

Image courtesy of T. Segura et al, UCLA. Some skin wounds, such as diabetic ulcers, are chronic and may never ...

A brain region controlling whether we feel happy or sad, as well as addiction, is remodeled by chronic pain, reports ...

The insulin-secreting cells of people with type 1 diabetes are destroyed by their immune systems and daily insulin injections are ...

A team of researchers from Columbia University Medical Center's Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, New York, conducted a prospective ...

Prior studies have identified age as a factor in determining an individual's likelihood of receiving a prosthesis following a lower-limb ...

Cascade Orthopedic Supply, Chico, California, has selected the Orthotic & Prosthetic Activities Foundation (OPAF) and The First Clinics as the ...

Feeling high levels of distress, fear, and hostility prior to undergoing an angioplasty or other interventional radiology procedure may lead ...

Wheelchair rugby and basketball players are aggressive, conditioned, and determined, just like the players without disabilities. But unlike athletes without ...

Partners for Better Care (PBC) was launched today by a contingent of nine patient advocacy groups, including the Amputee Coalition. ...

Acupuncture, tai chi, qigong, therapeutic massage, and five elements musical intervention were among the approaches evaluated in a new analysis ...

Research from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) could soon help an estimated 2 million people in America living ...

During National Diabetes Month this year, there is some good news for people with eye complications from the disease. Earlier ...

Lau, right, works with UNLV student Zack Cook to fit Hailey with a 3D-printed prosthetic hand. Image by Aaron Mayes, ...

Following is a statement by Medicare Rights Center President Joe Baker: Starting January 1, for most people with Medicare, the ...

Every 19 seconds, someone in the United States is diagnosed with diabetes, and it is estimated that by 2050, as ...

A new study published in Nature Immunology suggests a potential metabolic pathway for cancer treatment. When cancer cells compete with ...

November is National Family Caregivers Month, and AARP is launching a national campaign to bring awareness to the important role ...

Patients with diabetes are at considerably increased risk for developing surgical site infections (SSIs), compared to patients without diabetes, according ...

With consumer prices down over the past year, monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for nearly 65 ...

On October 16, the White House issued its initial response to the We the People petition requesting that the president ...