Month: January 2007

Qualified candidates can choose either a clinical or research doctorate degree.

Amanda Street     Rebecca Russell Officials from OrPro Prosthetics & Orthotics announced additions to its professional staff: Amanda Street, CP, in Waldorf, Md.; Rebecca Russell, prosthetic resident in Dayton, Ohio; Jeff Nault, manager of OrPro’s Fabrication Center in Moraine,…

With a predicted shortage of O&P practitioners on the horizon, business owners may have to use a variety of methods to fill positions at their patient care facilities.

Giving a 1% raise boosts employee job performance by roughly 2%, but offering that same money in the form of a bonus that is strongly linked to a job well done can improve job performance by almost 20%, finds a…

Surgeons discuss successes, complications and new developments in immunosuppression.

Certified pedorthists voted to approve integration of the Board for Certification in Pedorthics (BCP) into the American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics (ABC). With this vote, the BCP was officially integrated into ABC on Jan. 1. ABC president…

  Having acupuncture slightly lowered pain scores for patients with back pain. Acupuncture is moderately beneficial for patients with back pain, according to a report in the British Medical Journal. Researchers conducted a 2-year randomized, controlled trial that followed 241…

The incidence of stroke in the United States during the past 50 years has declined, although the severity of stroke has not, according to a study in published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Raphael Carandang, MD, of…

Although a majority of Americans are dissatisfied with the current health care system, they remain unlikely to accept comprehensive reform legislation, according to a review of numerous public opinion surveys. Middle-income people in particular, while supporting concepts such as universal…

Amid the ringing slot machines and flurry of gamblers and beach-goers, the New Jersey Chapter of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (NJAAOP) held its annual fall meeting Nov. 8-10 in Atlantic City, N.J. The 3-day meeting offered 18.5…