SAN ANTONIO — O&P practitioners need to emphasize the services they provide, such as patient rehabilitation, instead of focusing on the products, according to Glenn Garrison, CPO, director of Prosthetics and Orthotics at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New…
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VIDEO: O&P practitioners need to emphasize service
SAN ANTONIO — O&P practitioners need to emphasize the services they provide, such as patient rehabilitation, instead of focusing on the products, according to Glenn Garrison, CPO, director of Prosthetics and Orthotics at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New…
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A Conversation With Matthew Major, PhD
In this issue, O&P News poses five questions to Matthew Major, PhD. Major is an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and a research health scientist with the Department…
Intentional weight loss improves cognitive impairment
Patients with mild cognitive impairment experienced cognitive improvement with intentional weight loss through diet, according to recent study findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Nidia Celeste Horie, PhD, of the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil,…