Month: November 2007

Planning for retirement is good, but requires strategy. Part one of this series examines what you need to do as you move along the life timeline.

During fiscal years 2000 and 2001, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provided veterans with more than 131,000 wheelchairs and scooters at a cost of $109 million. A national study was conducted to investigate Veterans Health Administration costs in providing wheelchairs…

Businesses can no longer afford to ignore the growing obesity epidemic. The costs of obesity in the workplace include absenteeism, low productivity and high turnover rates. The Reality Coalition, a group of experts on obesity, nutrition, diabetes and health care…

  Amanda Vidovic PEL Supply president Gary Mahler has announced that Amanda Vidovic was named marketing associate for the company. In this position, she will assist the director of marketing in development and distribution of product catalogs, PEL-e-grams and product…

In a humanitarian effort to assist the pro-Western, democratically elected government of President Vicktor Yushchenko of Ukraine, Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) has been working to bring 20 Ukrainian children in great need of prostheses to Florida. With the assistance of…

A report recently released by the American Hospital Association quantified the toll common chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes and hypertension take on American workers. These three chronic conditions cause working Americans to miss an estimated 164 million work days…

Mentors and market research can help keep newly certified pedorthists open for business.

Be like Nike and communicate that you are aware of, and have designed your products and services to meet, the needs of certain patients.

Lawrence R. Lange, CPO, FAAOP, a dedicated O&P professional for more than 27 years, died on July 15. Lange often volunteered his time and energy to national O&P organizations. He served American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics for…

Public and private sources in the United States invested $9.3 billion last year in global health research, according to a new report by Research!America. That amount represents 8% of the $116 billion that Research!America estimates U.S. sources spent overall on…