Author: Terense Kemp

ORLANDO — Trends in the rate of diabetes-related nontraumatic lower extremity amputation rates have sharply declined since 2000 among people aged 75 years and older, women and whites, according to information presented at the American Diabetes Association 70th Scientific Sessions…

DARPA and Johns Hopkins launch the next phase of the Revolutionizing
Prosthetics 2009 program with testing on quadriplegic patients.

Treatment with the Ponseti cast method achieved normal ankle motion more frequently than physical therapy methods in children with moderate clubfoot, according to a recent study out of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Additional intervention, including…

A miniaturized GPS tracking device embedded inside the sole of a shoe geared toward people stricken with Alzheimer’s disease is scheduled for release in the fall. “A large percentage of older Americans with Alzheimer’s wander and become lost,” Evan Schwartz,…

Maj. Gen. Isaac R. Trimble led a 12,500-man attack during the civil war
and lost his leg as a result of the battle.

Treatment and prevention of adult flatfoot can reduce the incidences of additional foot problems such as bunions, hammertoes, arthritis and calluses. It can also improve a person’s overall health, according to research published in the Journal of Foot & Ankle…

Major changes lead to more opportunities if technicians reach out and
take them.

Top tier members of the company hierarchy offer a strong example — both for employees and onlookers — of the way that company conducts its business. In today’s competitive market, the main business trait setting one company apart from the…

Pat yourself on the back and draw in some traffic at the same time.

While preterm birth is a known risk factor for cerebral palsy (CP), an examination of data for infants born at term or later finds that compared with delivery at 40 weeks, birth at 37 or 38 weeks or at 42…