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Biofilms formed by bacteria that stick to each other on living tissue and medical instruments in hospitals, which make them ...

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

The third International Tournament TAP (Tenis Adaptado de Pie, or stand-up adaptive tennis) - Master Final, organized by the Paralympic ...

A carefully planned act of kindness recently brought together a boy and a U.S. Air Force veteran. Diego Mercado, the ...

Tuition Will Be Waived for Selected U.S. Military Veterans Applications are now being accepted for The Paul Merage School of ...

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 ...

Alex Lewis demonstrates the operation of the robotic hand with arm movements and muscle vibrations. Photograph courtesy of Imperial College ...

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 ...

Image of the sensor courtesy of the American Technion Society. Flexible sensors have been developed for use in consumer electronics, ...

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

Patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of amputation and vision loss but generally do ...

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

In honor of Diabetes Awareness Month, the Amputee Coalition and Organogenesis, Canton, Massachusetts, will host an educational webinar for veterans, ...

Exclusive live coverage from Amplitude. Zach said he learned to hold a coffee cup from the bottom so he could ...

Electrical Current Kills 99.99 Percent of Bugs Washington State University (WSU) researchers have discovered how electrical stimulation works for the ...

Marseilles and her friend and running partner, Molly Karl. Photograph courtesy of Össur. On October 11, Jami Marseilles became the ...

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

The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) has released a new video webcast, "NAAOP Webcast: Draft ...

Seven-year-old Carson Fiske from Southern California joined the racers for Saturday's practice. He was born without his lower left arm, ...

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

Image courtesy of CAF. The Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) is accepting applications for its annual Access for Athletes grants until ...

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

Zhenan Bao, PhD, a professor of chemical engineering and material science at Stanford University, has spent a decade trying to ...

Image courtesy of CAF. La Jolla Cove in San Diego hosted more than 5,000 supporters of the Challenged Athletes Foundation ...

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

Every 13 minutes of every day, on average, someone in the U.S. commits suicide. Many of those deaths are preventable. ...

Nearly four in ten older adults say that managing their healthcare needs is difficult for them or their families, that ...

Erik Engeberg, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering within the College of Engineering and Computer ...

On September 30, 70 leading organizations representing people with Medicare, health insurers, workers, federal employees, and more sent a letter ...

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) measured arm movements and analyzed brain patterns to determine how new ...

The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) has released a webcast that provides an update on ...

Muskegon Family Care, a medical services provider located in Muskegon Heights, Michigan, violated federal law by firing an employee due ...

Painful insulin injections could become a thing of the past for the millions of Americans who suffer from diabetes, thanks ...

The majority of patients who undergo routine, uncomplicated operations prefer online postoperative consultations to in-person visits, according to a new ...

Most people will experience at least one diagnostic error-an inaccurate or delayed diagnosis-in their lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences, says ...

New software that can be incorporated into powered, lower-lower limb prosthetic devices to automatically tune the amount of power a ...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that six states will receive grants totaling $14,911,243 to improve employment opportunities for ...

Three antibiotics that, individually, are not effective against a drug-resistant staph infection can kill the deadly pathogen when combined as ...

Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Robert A. McDonald announced up to $8 million in grant awards to eligible recipients with ...

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

National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), a nationwide campaign that raises awareness about disability employment issues and celebrates the diverse ...

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

A 28-year-old man who has had paralysis for more than ten years due to a spinal cord injury has been ...

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 ...

New research has revealed that having mentally healthy friends can help someone recover from depression or even remain mentally healthy ...

Photograph of the Open Bionics prosthetic hand courtesy of Open Bionics (www.openbionics.com). A 3D-printed robotic hand developed by Joel Gibbard, ...