Day: July 1, 2009

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…

Rob Burnett, CPed aims to get his customers moving comfortably again. Are retailers the Rodney Dangerfields of pedorthics? Rob Burnett, CPed, is proud to call himself a retail pedorthist. “But as a profession, I think pedorthics is getting away from…

Consistent documentation, communication and evaluation will help O&P practitioners reduce the risks of litigation.

For patients who experience pain and depression, common coexisting conditions, an intervention that included individually tailored antidepressant therapy and a pain self-management program resulted in greater improvement in the symptoms of these conditions than patients who received usual care, according…

One-third of American adults, 69 million men and women older than the age of 40, are up to 12 times more likely to have a serious fall because they have some form of inner-ear dysfunction that throws them off balance…

Technicians can help evolve technology and track component trends.

  © iStockphoto.com Stroke can impair balance, heightening the risk of a debilitating fall. But a University of Illinois (UIC) at Chicago researcher has found that stroke survivors can improve their balance by practicing the Chinese martial art of tai…