A multidisciplinary approach to patient care will turn O&P practitioners and other allied health professionals from competitors to comrades.
Day: April 1, 2009
New President and Congress Move Quickly on Health Care
Despite current and forthcoming economic challenges, the Obama Administration takes action to advance health care.
Prosthetic Check Socket Considerations
Additional focus on the socket could provide amputees with better mobility and confidence.
Growth in National Health Expenditures to Slow by 2009
Growth in national health expenditures (NHE) in the United States is expected to significantly outpace economic growth in 2008 and 2009 due to the recession, according to a report issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The…
Vitamin D Deficiency in Teens
One in seven American adolescents is vitamin D deficient, according to a new study by researchers in the department of public health at Weill Cornell Medical College. The findings are published in Pediatrics. In children, vitamin D deficiency can interfere…
Get Connected
Online social networking connects businesses with the buyers.
Young Athletes Most at Risk of Knee Injuries Reap Big Benefit from Warm-Up Exercises
For athletes, particularly school-aged athletes, the choice between months on crutches and a season on the sidelines, versus taking 10 minutes to do a short, simple, structured warm up, should be clear. The choice appears to be even clearer for…
St. Louis Pedorthist Likens His Practice to Tending Bar
Jerry Cook, CPed, listens to customers and is sympathetic to their needs.