Month: November 2010

According to a new study conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago, 85% of workers rate workplace safety first in importance among labor standards. The study, “Public Attitudes Towards and Experiences with Workplace Safety,”…

Job seekers with disabilities benefit less from federal unemployment programs than their non-disabled counterparts. A recent study conducted by researchers at the Center for Research on Learning, Division of Adult Studies at the University of Kansas revealed that the discrepancy…

Researchers at Drexel University’s School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems have developed a device that could have profound effects on the treatment of diabetic wounds. These effects likely would trickle down to also reduce costs and increase the…

Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc. announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement for the acquisition of Accelerated Care Plus (ACP), a provider of integrated clinical programs for sub-acute and long-term care rehabilitation providers based in Reno, Nev. Consideration for the…

As the health care profession becomes more and more competitive, and health care professionals strive to better their patients’ lives, each discipline works to improve the qualifications of its members. Traditionally, the orthotic and prosthetic profession has lagged behind other…

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For many people suffering from some degree of paralysis, the only option for mobility is a wheelchair. Some of those patients may have had to bear that burden since birth. Patients in New Zealand, however, now have another option —…

After a flesh-eating bacteria nearly claimed his life, Richard
Herskovitz was determined to return to competitive bodybuilding.

This year’s World Diabetes Day marks the second year of a 5-yearfocus on diabetes education and prevention.

According to a retrospective analysis conducted by the Center for Injury Research Policy of the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, more than 63,000 children and adolescents were treated in the United States from 1991 to 2008 for mobility aid-related…