Month: October 2009

Older adults who continue or begin to do any amount of exercise appear to live longer and have a lower risk of disability, according to a report in the Archives of Internal Medicine. “Physical activity is a modifiable behavior associated…

If your Web site is up and running and it does not create the traffic you want, give your target audience the tools to join in.   © iStockphoto.com/Geoffrey Holman So, you built your company Web site … or most…

Wayne Jones, CPed teaches his clients that proper foot care starts with proper footwear.   To achieve proper fit, James always starts with a Brannock Device. Image: Craig B, O&P Business News. Wayne Jones, CPed, says patients sometimes offer him…

Cascade Prosthetics & Orthotics Inc., a prosthetics and orthotics practice in northwest Washington State, sponsored a team of staff and rehabilitation patients from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) in Washington, D.C. The team, Missing Parts in Action, joined…

Time has altered general attitudes, available treatments and products for breast cancer patients.   © 2009 iStockphoto.com/Michael Courtney This month, the pink ribbon campaign will be out in full force spreading messages of hope to women around the globe during…

Blake Leeper envisions becoming the fastest bilateral amputee in the world.   All images reprinted with permission of Blake Leeper. As he approached the starting blocks for his 100-meter race at the 2009 Endeavour Games in Oklahoma, bilateral transtibial amputee,…

Line up all of your tasks appropriately to lead to better efficiency. In a recent phone conversation with a custom fabrication client I was hit with an age-old fabrication strategy that made me reflect on the differences in how we…

It is well known that survivors of breast cancer have a much higher risk of developing a second breast cancer than women in the general population have of developing a first breast cancer. However, little is known about what lifestyle…

An aggressive vaccination program that first targets children and ultimately reaches 70% of the U.S. population would mitigate pandemic influenza H1N1 that is expected this fall, according to computer modeling and analysis of observational studies conducted by researchers at the…

More than 17 million U.S. children live more than 1 hour away by ground or air transportation from a life-saving pediatric trauma center, according to a new study by researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of…