Year: 2010

Orthopedic surgeons are seeing a wave of exercise-related injuries among baby boomers — a phenomenon dubbed “boomeritis.” Baby boomers are fitter and more athletic longer into their lives, compared with their parents’ generation, according to a press release. They are…

Researchers who have been studying interval training have found that it not only takes less time than what is typically recommended, but the regimen does not have to be “all out” to be effective in helping reduce the risk of…

Mistrust can exact a high toll. Being overly cautious or dismissive in relating to people, researchers are learning, may shorten the lives of people with diabetes. Diabetes patients who have a lower propensity to reach out to others have a…

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (WFUBMC), together with Wake Forest University, will play a key role in a new study that seeks to determine whether a program of structured physical activity can prevent or delay major mobility disabilities in…

The world of prosthetics took top billing on a recent episode of “The Doctors.” The episode, which aired March 11, featured Randall Alley, BSc, CP, LP, FAAOP, chief executive officer of biodesigns inc. and Practitioner Advisory Council member of O&P…

Interventional radiologists have opened the door to an encouraging potential future treatment for the nearly 200,000 women who are diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States each year: image-guided, multi-probe cryotherapy. In the first reported study, researchers were able…

U.S. Paralympics, a division of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), announced that Dave Denniston has been named coaching fellow for the Paralympic Swimming Resident Program at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs., Colo. Denniston will direct the training…

Of the 8 million patients who were admitted to U.S. hospitals on weekends in 2007, approximately one third needed major procedures on the day of admission, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. In comparison, patients who were…

Nearly 60% of persons with paraplegia who are wheelchair users will suffer from shoulder pain that severely hampers their ability to carry out daily activities and propel themselves over different terrains. Though persons with paraplegia routinely use exercise training in…

Industry leaders find they must look back in order to improve their future.