Recently published data indicated there was an increased chance for current smokers to have wound complications following total hip or total knee arthroplasty and the data showed there was a greater total complication risk in current and former smokers who…
Day: August 26, 2015
Limb loss community speaks out against LCD proposal at open comment meeting
LINTHICUM, Md. — Impassioned amputees, prosthetists and other members of the limb loss community shared their concerns during the DME LCD Open Comment Meeting. Hosted by the four Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractors (DME MACs), the meeting allowed members of the…
Limb loss community speaks out against LCD proposal at open comment meeting
LINTHICUM, Md. — Impassioned amputees, prosthetists and other members of the limb loss community shared their concerns during the DME LCD Open Comment Meeting. Hosted by the four Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractors (DME MACs), the meeting allowed members of the…
New interface controls exoskeleton through brain signals
Researchers at Korea University in Seoul, South Korea and Technical University of Berlin in Germany have created a brain-computer interface for a lower limb exoskeleton that decodes signals from the user’s brain for the user to move forward, turn side…
ReWalk founder, president to retire
ReWalk Robotics, a wearable exoskeleton manufacturer, recently announced its founder, president and chief technology officer, Amit Goffer, PhD, will retire effective Nov. 18. Goffer founded ReWalk in 2001, following an all-terrain vehicle accident that rendered him a quadriplegic. He served…
ReWalk founder, president to retire
ReWalk Robotics, a wearable exoskeleton manufacturer, recently announced its founder, president and chief technology officer, Amit Goffer, PhD, will retire effective Nov. 18. Goffer founded ReWalk in 2001, following an all-terrain vehicle accident that rendered him a quadriplegic. He served…
Obesity among children, adolescents more prevalent in U.S. than Canada
Compared with Canada, the prevalence of childhood obesity in the United States is higher, with the difference more pronounced among girls than boys, according to a report released by the CDC. Margaret D. Carroll, MSPH, of the CDC’s National Center…