Month: July 2010

According to the CDC, the prevalence of obesity among children aged 6 to 11 years increased from 6.5% in 1980 to 19.6% in 2008. This rise has led many advocates to focus their energies on improving nutritional conditions in schools,…

July 26 marks the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Wendy Strobel, director of the Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center’s Northeast ADA Center at Cornell University, spoke to O&P Business News about the differences this milestone law…

Hughston Clinic orthopedic surgeon, Champ L. Baker Jr., MD, FACS, received two prestigious national awards at the annual meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM). Baker was honored with the Robert E. Leach, MD, “Mr. Sports Medicine”…

The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University welcomed 23 veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraqi conflicts to its Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) on July 24. The program, offered free to post-9/11 veterans, provides men and women…

The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the HHS Office for Civil Rights issued new technical assistance guidance for medical providers which will help people with mobility disabilities obtain accessible medical care. Access to Medical Care for Persons with…

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine received nearly $780,000 from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure for two studies regarding estrogen levels and the behavior of breast cancer tumors. John P. Pierce, PhD, Sam…

Otto Bock HealthCare announced the promotion of Todd Anderson, CP, FAAOP, to the new position of vice president of business services. Formerly the vice president of professional and clinical services, Anderson was responsible for the delivery of quality, hands-on education…

The Illinois Bone & Joint Institute (IBJI) of Glenview-Wilmette, Ill. announced it will provide immediate care of orthopedic-related injuries at IBJI OrthoAccess – a new clinic staffed by board-certified physicians who will treat injuries that need examination but do not…

The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) has announced the appointment of Jamey French, a fundraising and development professional, to the position of development director. “Jamey is a great fit for our organization. He has a strong background in development and…

New research from The Methodist Hospital in Houston shows that sepsis is 10 times more common and more lethal than other more well-known surgical complications including heart attacks and blood clots. These results, published in the Archives of General Surgery,…