Month: November 2011

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced that an expanded website now offers small business owners more detailed options for health insurance plans. This tool, located at www.HealthCare.gov, will allow small business owners to compare the…

A final regulation published in the Federal Register expands the eligibility criteria for clothing allowances for veterans with multiple prosthetic or orthotic devices or skin conditions caused by prescribed medications. The new criteria will allow veterans with service-related disabilities to…

In an effort to reduce the number of payment errors, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that it will launch several demonstration programs targeting common issues like fraud, abuse and waste. According to a press release,…

A recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine has shown that whole-body vibration (WBV) therapy is ineffective in preventing bone density loss. WBV involves standing on a small, motor-driven, oscillating platform which produces upward accelerations from the feet…

A recent study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has identified demographic and health-related characteristics connected with limited mobility in African Americans. The study was featured in a recent issue of the Journal of…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Seth Weiner, MAS, owner, Sonic Promos, discussed how business owners can incorporate strategic marketing tools inexpensively at the Pedorthic Footwear Association Symposium and Exhibition in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Weiner told the audience that when marketing, it is…

College Park Industry’s iPecs, a wireless prosthetic gait lab, was named the winner of the electronics category in NASA’s 2011 Create the Future Design Contest. This annual contest, first launched in 2002 by the publishers of NASA Tech Brief magazine,…

    Craig C. Young ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The average pedorthist is unlikely to examine an emergency patient. Instead, Craig C. Young, MD, orthopedic surgeon, University of Wisconsin, Pedorthic Footwear Association (PFA) Medical Advisor, told the audience at the PFA…

Albuquerque, N.M. — There are approximately 25.8 million people in the US currently living with diabetes. Of those 25.8 million, 25% will develop a foot ulcer in their lifetime. James McGuire, DPM, PT, CPed, director, Wound Center, Temple University, presented…

McKeever’s First Ride, the therapeutic horsemanship program of OPAF and The First Clinics, was featured as part of the 113th annual Verona Horse Fair, or “Fiera Cavalli.” The 4-day event, which draws over 250,000 attendees each year, was held from…