Rush University Medical Center has been awarded a $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the Rush Center for Urban Health Equity. The aim of the Center is to find ways to promote changes to…
Year: 2010
Colon Cancer and Diabetes Linked in Study of Older Women
A research team led by Mayo Clinic physicians has found that older women with diabetes face a more than doubled risk for some types of colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer remains the third-leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the…
ACA Announces First National Gold Sponsorship for 2010
The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) announced Otto Bock HealthCare as the organization’s inaugural national Gold Sponsor for 2010. “The Amputee Coalition of America is honored to welcome such a prestigious company as Otto Bock HealthCare to our national Gold…
Studies Show Low Vitamin D Levels Related To MS Symptoms
Low vitamin D levels may be associated with more advanced physical disability and cognitive impairment in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS), studies conducted by neurologists at the University at Buffalo (UB) have shown. Their results, reported at the American Academy…
Research Helps to Catch Multiple Sclerosis at Onset
The National MS Society estimates that there are currently about 400,000 cases in the United States and more that 2 million people suffer from the disease all over the world. Although there is currently no cure, a breakthrough finding from…
Ohio Willow Wood Donates Prosthetic Products to Haitian Relief
Ohio Willow Wood has made several product donations this year to organizations committed to helping amputees in Haiti in the wake of the devastating January 2010 earthquake. Physicians for Peace received an assortment of prosthetic products including over 800 Alpha…
Non-Drug PTSD Treatment Confirmed in Walter Reed Report
Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) in Bethesda, Md., has published case reports detailing the successful treatment of combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with a stellate ganglion bloc (SGB). SGB is a 10-minute procedure during which local anesthesia is injected…
Botox Decreases Spasticity in Upper Limbs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved onabotulinumtoxin A (Botox) as a treatment to decrease spasticity in various muscle groups of the upper limb. In three clinical trials reviewing the effect of the drug on wrist and finger…
A Cell Phone Program Monitors Physical Activity
Chinmay Manohar of the Mayo Clinic is designing a device to help motivate people to be more active. His team has developed a program that helps people monitor their normal day-to-day physical activity using an everyday device like a cell…
Modified Home Video Game System Improves Hand Function for Teenagers With Cerebral Palsy
In a pilot trial, a home video game system modified by engineers at Rutgers University in Piscataway, N.J. improved hand function in teenagers with cerebral palsy. Rutgers engineers, members of the university’s Tele-Rehabilitation Institute, worked with clinicians at the Indiana…