Month: September 2012

Adam Huntsman and rival Davy Crockett were accomplished storytellers and often campaigned together.

The Limb Loss Task Force, which was convened by the Amputee Coalition, has released a white paper setting new standards for limb loss prevention and care, according to a news release. “We are proud to present ‘Roadmap for Preventing Limb…

Ability Prosthetics and Orthotics welcomes Scotti Sawyer, CFO, and Susi Ebersbach, MT(ASCP), MBA, to the Ability team, according to a press release. Hired as chief financial officer and controller, Sawyer brings more than 25 years of accounting and finance experience…

Positive clinical outcomes for patients with diabetes are significantly associated with physician empathy, which should be considered an important component of clinical competence, according to study results published in American Medicine. More than 20,900 patients with type 1 or type…

The US Dept. of Health and Human Services has announced $12.5 million in awards to Aging and Disability Resource Centers to support older Americans and help people with disabilities stay independent and receive long-term services, according to a press release.…

Employees working at companies that voluntarily adopt international “green” practices and standards are more productive than employees at a conventional firm, according to study results published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior. Researchers randomly selected two employees from 5,220 French…

BOSTON — Functional electronic stimulation in patients with stroke, multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders was shown to be a cost effective treatment for foot drop, according to results from a 10- year follow-up of patients using the Odstock Dropped…

BOSTON — Jason Kahle, CPO, FAAOP and M. Jason Highsmith, DPT, CP, FAAOP from the University of South Florida School of Physical Therapy and Rehab Science delivered their Thranhardt award winning prosthetic lecture on their clinical trial evaluating the effects…

During the last 5 years of life, 25% of Medicare recipients spend more than the total value of their assets on out-of-pocket health care expenses, according to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Researchers examined 3,209…

BOSTON – Fitting patients with off-the-shelf breast prostheses can be difficult, especially if the patient has had a radical mastectomy, lumpectomy or has holes in her chest wall, according to a presenter at the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association National…