Tag: Health & Medicine

The United States Surgeon General has issued a call to action to address major public health challenges such as heart ...

From left, Richey and Zucker-Levin are pictured with a key focus of their research: the MPF component and a completed ...

A study examining the effects of the prescription and receipt of prosthetic limbs on three-year mortality found that veterans who ...

Some treatments for type 2 diabetes make the body more sensitive to insulin, the hormone that lowers blood sugar. But ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model, which will test the ...

Nine U.S. researchers sent a joint letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that said they ...

At a time when cancer drug prices are rising rapidly, an innovative new study provides the framework for establishing value-based ...

More than half of chronic pain patients in a managed care setting reported using chiropractic care, acupuncture, or both, but ...

The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) issued the following press statement about the public comment ...

The four Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractors (DME MACs) held a public meeting on Wednesday, August 26, in Linthicum, ...

The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) provided the following update about its "We the People" ...

As the United States celebrated the 80th Anniversary of Social Security on August 14, AARP released the results of a ...

The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) provided the following update about its "We the People" ...

Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) have received a five-year, $3.5 million grant funded by the National ...

A study published online July 22 in Diabetes Care has concluded that individuals with diabetes who have undergone a lower-limb ...

Registered nurses (RNs) will join actions in over 25 U.S. cities July 30 to honor Medicare and Medicaid's 50th anniversary ...

Future generations of prostheses could include sensors that send signals back to the brain so amputees can feel with their ...

On July 13, at the 2015 White House Conference on Aging, the Administration announced an interagency effort to improve notice ...

Alison Phillips. Photograph by Christopher Gannon, ISU. Developing any habit-good or bad-starts with a routine, and exercise is no exception. ...

The Amputee Coalition has announced that four recipients will receive the Scott Decker, MD, Memorial Scholarship for the 2015-2016 academic ...

Ranking leaders of key U.S. House Committees and the co-chairs of the U.S. House Seniors Task Force recently sent a ...

A "look back" study of Medicare fee-for-service claims for more than 1.2 million patients over age 65 has directly affirmed ...

Karpowicz lost his leg when he was 27 years old. Now 67, he is participating in a clinical trial with ...

With new research highlighting more risks associated with the increased use of opioids for pain, the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) ...

Approximately 65 veterans began their transition out of homelessness recently when the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reopened Building ...

In the morning, the attendees listened to various presentations that focused on new information and techniques. The training was more ...

On July 30, Medicare will celebrate 50 years since it was signed into law. In those 50 years, Medicare has ...

The 50 hospitals in the United States with the highest markup of prices above their actual costs are charging out-of-network ...

The profile of the family caregiver in America is changing as the population ages, according to a new research study ...

Computer simulation screenshot. Courtesy of the University of Idaho. Craig McGowan, PhD, an assistant professor of biological sciences at the ...

Master Sgt. Lyle Babcock. Photograph by Sgt. 1st Class Mark Hanson/Kansas National Guard Visual Information. Although post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ...

World wakesurf champion Drew Danielo, BoardCo.com, and Texas Ski Ranch (TSR) teamed up on Saturday, April 18, to host Central ...

More than 100 drugs have been approved to treat cancer, but predicting which ones will help a particular patient is ...

Sorto uses the robotic arm to make a smoothie. Photograph by Spencer Kellis, courtesy of Caltech. Erik Sorto, who is ...

The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics & Prosthetics (NAAOP) announced that responding to pressure from individuals with amputations, ...

Kevin Carroll, MS, CP, FAAOP, vice president of prosthetics, Hanger Clinic, Austin, Texas, delivered the undergraduate commencement address to students ...

Older people may become depressed as they face the many challenges aging brings, but spotting the signs and being proactive ...

Medical experts widely recommend a combined program of diet and fitness to fight obesity. But when it comes to the ...

AARP Senior Vice President Joyce Rogers released the following statement on the GOP budget agreement: "AARP disagrees with portions of ...

With fewer primary care physicians in the nation's countryside, rural healthcare in America is beginning to look a lot less ...

Imagine a hand-held electronic device-accessible, portable, and nearly universal-that could reduce pain and discomfort for patients and allow doctors the ...

Country music artist Tim McGraw is traveling the country to urge people with type 2 diabetes to get their blood ...

A new clinical trial is being conducted by Emory University's Saint Joseph's Hospital interventional radiologist J. David Prologo, MD, to ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is often thought of as a symptom of warfare, major catastrophes, and assault. It's rarely considered ...

Researchers from the Yale Cancer Center and the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System have devised a way to ...

Losing as little as 30 minutes of sleep per day on weekdays can have long-term consequences for body weight and ...

From left: Shawn and Dan Winer spearheaded lab work that could redefine diabetes as an autoimmune illness rather than a ...

New Study Finds that High-Cocoa Chocolate Accelerates Weight Loss Can you indulge your sweet tooth and lose weight at the ...

A comprehensive study examining clinical trials of more than 95,000 patients has found that some glucose- or sugar-lowering medications prescribed ...

For all their lethality, cancer cells don't look much different from healthy cells, a simple fact that causes endless pain ...