Month: July 2009

Electrical spinal cord stimulation (SCS) provides an option for military personnel with back pain and other chronic pain conditions to return to combat and other strenuous duties, according to a study in the July issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia. “We…

For Luke Pingno Sr., losing a limb may have saved his life.   Luke Pingno Sr. Image reprinted with permission from Luke Pingno Jr. The loss of a limb may have saved seaman first class Luke Pingno Sr.’s life in…

Employees who often go to work despite feeling sick have higher rates of future work absences due to illness, according to a study in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. The findings raise the possibility that measures attempting to…

A new study presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery confirms the effectiveness of a simple and reliable tool that can predict the risk of amputation-free survival (AFS) for patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI).…

A positive state of mind encourages heroes Melissa Stockwell, Jenee Areeckal and Jim Abbott to lend a hand to others.

Recognize the fire burning within your patients to help them overcome obstacles.

A new study finds that older Americans are more likely to make poor choices when faced with a wide array of drug-coverage plans. Making matters worse, many are confident they made the right decisions. “There is information overload when there…

Take a lesson from the past and apply it to your marketing campaign.

A near-fatal accident and difficult recovery opened several doors for amputee Evan Strong, and he plans to walk through all of them.

By Stephanie Z. Pavlou, ELS

When a soldier is wounded during combat, surgeons must focus on reducing infection and reconstructing damaged bone and tissues. Technologies that could improve the repair and regeneration processes are being developed in research laboratories across the country, but they are…