Author: Terense Kemp

In type 1 diabetes, the body relentlessly attacks and destroys its own insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells. But a study by Joslin Diabetes Center scientists now has firmly established that some of these cells endure for many decades in a small…

Ability Prosthetics and Orthotics, based in Gettysburg, Pa. and its founder, Jeff Brandt, CPO and chief executive officer recently contributed to the ongoing Dale Yasukawa Memorial Scholarship Fund, maintained by OPAF and The First Clinics. This scholarship was established in…

Researchers from the University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing and the College of Engineering have developed technology to track motions while people exercise and provide feedback to patients as they recover from injuries or illnesses to reduce the chances…

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD announced that PPMD will award a $600,000 grant to Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, to conduct clinical testing of a promising gene therapy technique for muscle disease. Investigators, led by Jerry Mendell, MD, director…

Incorrect posture and computer overuse can cause debilitating physical problems, such as sore muscles or repetitive stress injuries. Typing can also cause carpal tunnel syndrome. Kevin Carneiro, DO, a doctor in the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the…

The American College of Rheumatology announced the release of revised classification criteria, created in collaboration with the European League Against Rheumatism, (EULAR) for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which will allow the study of treatments for RA at much earlier stages of…

Freedom Innovations has donated to the Hanger Ivan R. Sabel Foundation Clinic in Deschapelles, Haiti, a wide range of carbon fiber foot products and accessories valued at $60,000. “We recognize the ongoing need of the people of Haiti with amputations…

A quarter of stroke patients discontinue one or more of their prescribed secondary stroke prevention medications within 3 months of hospitalization for an acute stroke, according to a report that will appear in the December issue of Archives of Neurology.…

From 1997 to 2007, the rates of visits to emergency departments in the United States increased significantly, particularly among adults with Medicaid, according to a recent study. Ning Tang, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco and colleagues examined…

From August 15-21, 2010 the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming World Championships will take place in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Some of the men and women to watch are already used to the feeling of victory. Mirjam de Koning-Peper from the…