Month: June 2015

From international law firm Arnold & Porter LLP comes a timely column that provides views on current regulatory and legislative topics that weigh on the minds of today’s physicians and health care executives. As the saying goes, “The more things…

The Orthotic and Prosthetic Activities Foundation has selected Emily Tierney as the winner of the 2015 Dale Yasukawa Scholarship. Emily Tierney   Tierney is pursuing a master’s degree in Prosthetics and Orthotics at Northwestern University. The Orthotic and Prosthetic Activities…

The Orthotic and Prosthetic Activities Foundation has selected Emily Tierney as the winner of the 2015 Dale Yasukawa Scholarship. Emily Tierney   Tierney is pursuing a master’s degree in Prosthetics and Orthotics at Northwestern University. The Orthotic and Prosthetic Activities…

Researchers at Bournemouth University are studying the impact of lower limb prostheses on competitive running, specifically with regard to whether the use of prostheses can put athletes at an unfair advantage against competitors. In their first study, the results of…

The Amputee Coalition recently announced a record 115 campers will attend the 2015 Paddy Rossbach Youth Camp, a traditional summer camp experience for children between the ages of 10 years and 17 years who were born with limb difference or…

Individuals who live in neighborhoods that offer greater resources to physical activity are less likely to develop type 2 diabetes, according to recently published data in JAMA Internal Medicine. The data also suggested an association, albeit a smaller one, between…

Shift workers and daytime workers may have an increased risk for type 2 diabetes if their work time interferes with sleep preference, according to research in Diabetes Care. In a cross-sectional study that surveyed female nurses about shift work and…

The Business Development Bank of Canada announced it has awarded the BDC Young Entrepreneur Award $100,000 grand prize to a bionic knee brace project from Spring Loaded Technology in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Bionic Boost project was submitted by submitted…

The Business Development Bank of Canada announced it has awarded the BDC Young Entrepreneur Award $100,000 grand prize to a bionic knee brace project from Spring Loaded Technology in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Bionic Boost project was submitted by submitted…

Central opioid receptors that regulate reward and emotion in the brains of men with chronic obesity react to hunger and feeding differently than receptors in the brains of lean men, according to research in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &…