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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is accepting applications for the 2015 National Veterans Wheelchair Games, the world's largest annual ...

The Amputee Coalition announced that applications for the Amputee Coalition Christina Skoski, MD, Scholarship are now being accepted. This fund ...

OPAF and the First Clinics have announced that the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics (ABC) has ...

The Amputee Coalition is accepting applications for the 2015 Paddy Rossbach Youth Camp, to be held July 10-15 at Camp ...

The U.S. Paralympics recently announced its roster of nine athletes who will represent Team USA at the International Paralympic Committee ...

New Print Publication Will Help Close Information Gap for Amputees Amplitude Media Group (AMG) is proud to announce the publication ...

The Amputee Coalition announced the election of three new members to its board of directors: Dale Brandon Dale, CPO, has ...

On December 19, 2014, President Barack Obama signed into law the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act. This law ...

In January, in-person and virtual career fairs for people with disabilities will be held nationwide. These career fairs are great ...

As people in developing nations relocate from rural areas to cities, the increased stress is affecting their hormone levels and ...

Disabled Sports USA (DSUSA) has received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide free ...

The U.S. Department of Defense identifies mild traumatic brain injury, or mTBI, as one of the signature injuries impacting veterans ...

Providing appropriate prosthetic feet to those with limb loss is a complex and subjective process influenced by professional judgment and ...

Baugh completes a task showcasing his control of the MPL. Photograph courtesy of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. A ...

Staff Sgt. Adam Jacks. Photograph by Maj. Eve Baker. The Marine Combat Instructor of Water Survival (MCIWS) course is a ...

Photograph courtesy of UNTHSC After diabetes took part of her left leg, Jackie Smith, 66, worried whether she would ever ...

In another demonstration of brain-computer interface (BCI) technology, a woman with quadriplegia used just her thoughts to shape the hand ...

During the holiday season, caregivers can become overwhelmed by their already busy schedules. In fact, a study by the Massachusetts ...

As part of the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) ongoing effort to improve veterans' access to healthcare, VA is announcing ...

The prosthetic skin attached to a prosthetic hand. Photograph courtesy of Jaemin Kim, Seoul National University, Korea. Researchers in South ...

In results characterized as "very surprising," University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers found for the first time that higher-earning ...

Using data points at four, eight, and 12 months after discharge from rehabilitation, a team of researchers from Australia conducted ...

A University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) professor applied robot control theory to enable powered lower-limb prostheses to dynamically ...

On December 3, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 404-17 to pass H.R. 647, the Achieving a Better Life Experience ...

On November 24, National Disability Institute (NDI) Executive Director Michael Morris issued the following statement on the Achieving a Better ...

Photograph courtesy of NC State University. Powered lower-limb prosthetic devices hold promise for improving the mobility of amputees, but errors ...

People diagnosed with diabetes in midlife are more likely to experience significant memory and cognitive problems during the next 20 ...

From Thanksgiving through New Year's Day, the holidays can be fun and heartwarming. They can also be exhausting and stressful. ...

A special type of fat found in some people could be used to manage type 2 diabetes. Scientists from Monash ...

Caswell and Tami share a moment before his surgery. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Scott Poe. At ...

November marks National Family Caregivers Month, a time coordinated by the National Family Caregivers Association to acknowledge family caregivers and ...

Palmiero-Winters during the competition. Photograph courtesy of Tough Mudder. On November 15, amputee Amy Palmiero-Winters took on one of the ...

For Americans, the cost of diabetes has never been greater. Not only does the disease harm citizens, it also puts ...

Patients and volunteers send their thanks to program supporters. Photograph courtesy of Limbs of Freedom. Limbs of Freedom, a project ...

OPAF announced that the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA) is a 2015 silver-level sponsor. "AOPA is pleased to support ...

A team of researchers led by Conor L. Evans, PhD, assistant professor at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine of Massachusetts ...

Donna R. Walton. Photograph by Paul Morse for Raw Beauty NYC. The Raw Beauty Project NYC celebrates the stories and ...

The amputation rate for people with diabetes is nearly ten times higher than for people without diabetes, so effective management ...

New research suggests the adage that encourages people to keep their "eyes on the prize" may be on target when ...

Doctors at three leading research institutions and the American Diabetes Association report that treating patients with prediabetes as if they ...

Photograph courtesy of OPAF. More than 100 people attended the launch of the Orthotic & Prosthetic Activities Foundation's (OPAF's) First ...

It is called "the best day in triathlon," and for good reason: camaraderie, smiles, and support abound. It is a ...

Researchers in the Intelligent Systems, Robotics, and Cybernetics group at Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia), Albuquerque, New Mexico, have developed a ...

Despite having a leg amputation and only having two fingers on his left hand, 9-year-old Ezra Frech strives every day ...

From multivitamins to supplements that are purported to help with everything from depression to treating athlete's foot, whole stores are ...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced $14,837,785 in grants to six states to improve employment opportunities for adults and ...

Ortiz Catalan (left) and Brånemark (right) with the first patient treated with the osseointegrated implant system for neural control. Photographs ...

Researchers with the Advanced Platform Technology (APT) Center at Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center (Cleveland VA), Ohio, and at ...

The Kicking for Kids Who Can't Kick-a-Thon event will be held at Constitution Gardens on the National Mall in Washington, ...

Ottobock announced Hilbert Potter of Louisville, Kentucky, as the August winner of the company's C-Leg 15-Year Anniversary Photo Contest. Potter ...