Year: 2008

Six major illnesses common among Americans 65 and older cost more than $196 billion in 2007, according to estimates by researchers at RTI International. The study estimated the cost burden associated with six major illnesses among Americans 65 or older:…

Elderly women can increase muscle strength as much as young women can, a new study from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) finds. The study indicates decline in muscle function is less a natural part of the aging process than…

OrthoCare Innovations Receives NIH Award Research Grant Awarded to Georgia Tech Master of Science in Prosthetics and Orthotics Program OrthoCare Innovations Receives NIH Award   David Boone OrthoCare Innovations was awarded the Phase II National Institutes of Health (NIH) $750,000…

Time constraints frequently limit the amount of face time doctors and patients share together. To optimize their office visit, patients often answer written questions while awaiting their turn to see their doctors. In two separate studies presented at the 2008…

The American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics, Inc. (ABC) has modified the eligibility period for all certification exam candidates, according to a company press release. This change, which came into effect on Sept. 1, will apply to…

Help is on the way for pedorthists struggling with Medicare billing and coding paperwork.

This year’s Paralympics showed the world that the disabled have the ability to achieve any feat.

By Stephanie Z. Pavlou

A short 70-mile trip is changing the lives of O&P students and impacting future care of returning military service members.

For the second of this two-part series, O&P Business News maps out the O&P mission.

White medical students who attend schools with greater racial and ethnic diversity among the student body are more likely to rate themselves as highly prepared to care for minority populations, according to a study in the Journal of the American…