Author: Terense Kemp

CHICAGO – The changing needs of O&P practitioners drive the planning of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Meeting and Scientific Symposium each year, the association’s president said.   Keith Smith Keith Smith, CO, LO, FAAOP, spoke to O&P…

CHICAGO – Touch Bionics will unveil the i-LIMB Pulse, here, at the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium. The i-LIMB Pulse includes a pulsating grip and aluminum features, according to Touch Bionics. The hand prosthesis…

Highly fit multiple sclerosis (MS) patients perform significantly better on tests of cognitive function than similar less-fit patients, a new study shows. In addition, MRI scans of the patients showed that the fitter MS patients showed less damage in parts…

Clinicians may use one of several approaches to deny patient requests for an inappropriate treatment while preserving the physician-patient relationship, according to a report in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Patients request medication during approximately one in 10 office visits,…

A University of California at Los Angles (UCLA) study reveals how human genes interact with their environment to boost disease risk. Published in the Feb. 18 online edition of the American Journal of Human Genetics, the findings shed light on…

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…

Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc. and its philanthropic organization the Hanger Ivan R. Sabel Foundation announced the launch of the Haitian Amputee Coalition in partnership with Physicians for Peace, the Harold & Kayrita Anderson Family Foundation, and Donald Peck Leslie, MD,…

Two athletes from the Netherlands have been awarded the 2009 Player of the Year Award from the International Tennis Federation for their participation in wheelchair tennis. Maikel Scheffers was voted Male Player of the Year, and Korie Homan was voted…

A new treatment that could one day benefit burns victims, diabetes sufferers and the elderly – by fast tracking the healing of chronic wounds – has taken another step toward commercialization. Research by associate professor Allison Cowin, from the Women’s…

Socioeconomic status can affect life expectancy, according to a Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) researcher. People who live in areas with lower household incomes are much more likely to die because of their personal and household characteristics and their community surroundings,…