Author: Terense Kemp

The Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) Foundation awarded a $25,000 grant to the Athletes with Disabilities Network (ADN). The grant will be matched by the Easter Seals – Michigan, an affiliate of ADN. Athletes with Disabilities Network is a nonprofit…

David A. Hafler, MD, professor of neurology at the Yale School of Medicine, was chosen by a committee of his peers to receive the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society/American Academy of Neurology’s 2010 John Dystel Prize for MS Research. Hafler…

A team of international researchers has identified 20 genes associated with osteoporosis and bone weakness, including 13 genes never previously associated with the disease. This marks the largest international effort to conclusively identify genes linked to the often-devastating bone disorder.…

On average, 507 people lose a limb every day in the United States. This number is expected to almost double by 2050 unless a major public awareness campaign is launched and key prevention initiatives put in place, according to an…

Rush University Medical Center has been awarded a $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the Rush Center for Urban Health Equity. The aim of the Center is to find ways to promote changes to…

A research team led by Mayo Clinic physicians has found that older women with diabetes face a more than doubled risk for some types of colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer remains the third-leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the…

The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) announced Otto Bock HealthCare as the organization’s inaugural national Gold Sponsor for 2010. “The Amputee Coalition of America is honored to welcome such a prestigious company as Otto Bock HealthCare to our national Gold…

Low vitamin D levels may be associated with more advanced physical disability and cognitive impairment in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS), studies conducted by neurologists at the University at Buffalo (UB) have shown. Their results, reported at the American Academy…

The National MS Society estimates that there are currently about 400,000 cases in the United States and more that 2 million people suffer from the disease all over the world. Although there is currently no cure, a breakthrough finding from…

Ohio Willow Wood has made several product donations this year to organizations committed to helping amputees in Haiti in the wake of the devastating January 2010 earthquake. Physicians for Peace received an assortment of prosthetic products including over 800 Alpha…