The only actor who won two Academy Awards for the same role was a double-amputee.
Author: Terense Kemp
On the Road to Gold
With the Paralympics still to come, two medal contenders already walk away from the Games as big winners.
The Consistency of Thermoplastics
Lightweight thermoplastics consistently earn high grades from O&P practitioners.
Kids Mobility Network Announces Benefits Milestone
Kids Mobility Network Inc. announced that they have provided more than $1 million of community benefit to children with disabilities and their families. The Denver-based non-profit organization has been providing durable medical equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers, gait trainers and…
HHS Promotes “The Secretary’s Challenge: Connecting Kids to Coverage”
Exactly 1 year after President Barack Obama signed the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA), U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack announced that 2.6 million more children were served by Medicaid…
Flexible Workplaces Allow for Healthier Employees
Ellen Ernst Kossek A recent study found that a more flexible work atmosphere can make employees happier and healthier. Ellen Ernst Kossek, PhD, University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University’s School of Labor & Industrial Relations, has spent more…
How to Build a Successful Pedorthic Retail Shoe Business: Part One
Robert S. Schwartz Robert S. Schwartz, CPed, president and chief executive officer of Eneslow Pedorthic Enterprises Inc., discussed bthe tools needed to build a successful pedorthic retail shoe business at the Pedorthic Footwear Association (PFA) Symposium in Grapevine, Texas.…
Pioneer Surgical Technology Inc. Announces New CTO
Jeff Millin, president and chief executive officer of Pioneer Surgical Technology, announced the appointment of Qibin “Chip” Bao, PhD to the position of chief technology officer. Bao has 23 years of medical device research and development experience. Since joining Pioneer…
Touch Bionics Hires new National Sales Director
Davie Mendelsohn Touch Bionics announced the hiring of Davie Mendelsohn as the company’s national sales director. Mendelsohn brings with her extensive experience in the prosthetics field, having most recently held the position of regional vice president of sales and…
Shift of Focus
With health care reform on the back burner, the O&P field has time to advance agenda.