FindHealthNews Index  |  Save/Exchange Information |  WikiWax

    News, Reviews, and Articles on Amputees

    Archives: Amputees

    A bomb technician fights back after Iraq explosion  Nov 23, 2008
    The vast majority of those 21st century war amputees lost their legs or feet, often in roadside bombings ... They arrived a day later at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio's Fort Sam Houston, one of the Army's primary medical treatment complexes for war amputees. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)

    Video Game Technology Gives Veterans New Lease on Life  Nov 21, 2008
    Such modified game controllers are useful for amputees seeking to take part in the pastimes they enjoyed before they lost a limb, as well as for patients who need to rebuild hand strength. Basically, doctor-prescribed hand exercises are dull, but video games are fun. (Washington Post -- Technology)

    UK drug users 'damaging Colombia'  Nov 20, 2008
    Landmines are creating amputees on a scale not recognised ... "Not only is cocaine ripping the country apart through deforestation, landmines are creating amputees on a scale not recognised," he said. (BBC News)

    Brain sensors could lead to real-world bionic movement  Nov 20, 2008
    While it remains to be seen whether the potential benefits will come with a $6 million dollar price tag, a group of engineers in the UK have contributed to the development of a micro technology that could well enable amputees to move artificial limbs through the power of their brains. Labelled as something of a bionic solution to crippling problems, the micro-needle sensor array technology has been manufactured by Cardiff University's MicroBridge Services and is around the size of a matchstick... (The Tech Herald)

    Revolutionary brain transplant could create real-life bionic man  Nov 19, 2008
    The hope is the technology will be instrumental in allowing amputees to learn to move prosthetic limbs and regain lost mobility. MicroBridge Services Ltd was set up by Cardiff University to tap the commercial potential of research being done there. (Telegraph.co.uk)

    Micro needles aid bionic advances  Nov 18, 2008
    It is hoped their micro-needle array sensors, which are around the size of a matchstick head, will help amputees move artificial limbs with brain power. The sensors, which were developed and manufactured by Cardiff University firm MicroBridge Services, comprise of 100 needles just thicker than a human hair. (BBC News -- UK)

    UK drug users 'damage Colombia'  Nov 18, 2008
    " Before speaking to delegates, Mr Calderon will meet a class of Belfast school children to try to explain to them why drugs bought in the UK have an impact on children in South America. Two years ago, he launched the Shared Responsibility Initiative designed to encourage user countries such as the UK to do more to help the authorities in Colombia battle the drugs trade. Landmines are creating amputees on a scale not recognised Bill Hughes, Soca Today, officers from Soca - the UK's Serious... (BBC News -- UK)

    Support groups  Nov 17, 2008
    Monday, November 17, 2008. - Bereavement support group meetings are held from 3 to 5 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month at Community Nursing Services Office, 7 park St., North East. (Erie Times-News, PA)

    Artificial arm a true gift  Nov 16, 2008
    Most of the nation's estimated 2 million amputees are unable to afford the $60,000 to $150,000 price tag for the iLimb, or any other technologically advanced replacement parts, advocacy groups say, and few insurers pay for these devices. "Cheaper devices may go for as little as $5,000, but that's your great-great-grandmother's peg leg, " saidKendra Calhoun, chief executive officer of the Amputee Coalition of America, an advocacy group based in Knoxville, Tenn. (Florida Today)

    Humorous Feherty is serious about helping veterans  Nov 12, 2008
    Feherty got involved again before Tiger Woods' tournament in Washington with a day of golf with amputees from Walter Reed Hospital. Again, he was the one who got inspired. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Medical lessons from the war  Nov 9, 2008
    At yesterday's conference, organizers held courses on topics such as how to quickly stabilize a trauma patient, controlling severe blood loss, state-of-the-art rehabilitation for amputees and preparing for a tour of duty as a combat physician or nurse. For centuries, wars indirectly have served as laboratories for developing important medical advances. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Harnessing The Power Of The Brain  Nov 3, 2008
    It's like a sudden leap in human evolution - a leap that could one day help paralyzed people to walk again and amputees to move bionic limbs. As correspondent Scott Pelley reports, the connection has already been made for a few people, and for them it has been life changing. (CBS News)

    Otto paid big price for football glory  Nov 2, 2008
    He empathizes with all the young soldiers coming back home as amputees. "Some of them have mental problems, and I can see how that can happen," Otto said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)

    I Hate Me, I Really Hate Me  Oct 23, 2008
    Dear Left,These must be the same people who visit amputees and say, "I know exactly what you're going through. When my foot falls asleep, it's almost like it's not there!" It's too bad that some people don't understand that the opposite of expressing empathy is trying to equate their own minor experiences with your major ones. What they should be doing is checking in with you to see how you are and gauging whether you need a shoulder to cry on or an evening of distractionor both. (Slate)

    Wounded vets get help at Idaho university  Oct 11, 2008
    "We kind of expected the students to be typical amputees," White said. Instead of soldiers with missing limbs, the program has opened doors for servicemen suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, soldiers like Gutke, who is one of three students who are enrolled on the Moscow campus through Operation Education. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)

    Soldier raises another $50,000 for paralysis research  Oct 3, 2008
    The Tolland Fund promotes athletic competitiveness for people with disabilities ranging from the mentally challenged to amputees. On Nov. 1, Nolan will be recognized by the Irish American Home Society in Glastonbury for his efforts coaching children. (Windsor Journal, CT)

    Shoes for amputees? Medicare waste revealed  Sep 24, 2008
    WASHINGTON - The government paid more than $1 billion in questionable Medicare claims for medical supplies that showed little relation to a patient's condition, including blood glucose strips for sexual impotence and special diabetic shoes for leg amputees, congressional investigators say. Billions more in taxpayer dollars may have been wasted over the last decade because the government-run health program for the elderly and disabled paid out claims with blank or invalid diagnosis codes, such as... (MSNBC -- Race)

    Surfers roll on waves with help  Sep 22, 2008
    Griswold was one of more than a dozen quadriplegics, paraplegics, amputees and people with cerebral palsy or other disabilities who participated at the second annual event Saturday on Cocoa Beach. The program also is offered throughout the year along the east and west coasts. (Florida Today)

    Ontario "CHAMP" tells success story on day two of War Amps Seminar  Sep 20, 2008
    NIAGARA FALLS, ON, Sept. 20 /CNW Telbec/ - The War Amps Winner's Circle philosophy encourages child amputees to overcome their amputations and live active lives ... Founded by War Amps CEO Cliff Chadderton, CHAMP changes the lives of child amputees through artificial limbs, counselling, regional Seminars and programs like Matching Mothers. (Canada Newswire)

    Open-Source Thinking Revolutionizes Prosthetic Limbs  Sep 17, 2008
    A community of engineers, designers and innovators is collaborating online to make better prosthetic hands and arms for amputees ... The idea is to benefit not only people such as Kuniholm, who already have the resources that come from living in a first-world economy, but also amputees all over the world ... Still, in absolute terms, the number of upper-limb amputees is small, and the prosthetics market is hard to crack. (Scientific American)

    Research shows spike in IVF babies  Sep 17, 2008
    bad teeth aren't life threatening nor are prosthetics for amputees or a whole range of other life-enhancing medical measures so should we abolish public spending for those too. Be consistent - state that only the rich can have such triffles - even at the risk of betraying a very hard view on the suffering of fellow Australians. (ABC Online)

    Martin Tytell, at 94; was wizard of the typewriter  Sep 14, 2008
    He adapted keyboards for amputees and other wounded veterans. He invented a reverse-carriage device that enabled him to work in right-to-left languages such as Arabic and Hebrew. (Boston Globe)

    Many Cancer Patients Receive Insufficient Pain Management Therapy  Sep 11, 2008
    24, 2007) Phantom limb pain occurs in at least 90% of limb amputees. In a new study, one group of amputees viewed a reflective image of themselves in a mirror (mirror group); a second group viewed a covered. (Science Daily)

    Dwarfs rule the pool  Sep 10, 2008
    The Sydney Morning Herald Sport: Australian and international sports news, results: AFL, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Golf, Athens Olympics, Soccer, Tennis, Cricket, Basketball, Motorsport, Horse Racing, Rugby Heaven Skip directly to. Will Swanton in BeijingSeptember 10, 2008. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)

    Phantom Limb Cure: Retraining the Brain  Sep 10, 2008
    In a lovely by neuroscientist Kate MacIver and colleagues from the University of Liverpool, 13 arm amputees with phantom limb pain underwent brain scans before and after a training program in which they imagined movements of their phantom limb during daily periods of relaxation ... There is very good evidence that in amputees with phantom limb pain, the brain maps reorganize so that the representation of the lip (the virtual lip) shifts to where the missing hand should be about four millimeters... (Scientific American)

    From Purple to Gold  Sep 7, 2008
    In the meantime, she's also just completed a training course to fit other amputees with artificial limbs. Stockwell explained: "You are injured, in the hospital and you don't have your leg and you wonder: `What can I do now? What's my life gong to be like now?' You need to have that goal in mind and work toward it.". (Fox News)

    Decorated veteran goes for Paralympics gold  Sep 6, 2008
    In the meantime, she also completed a training course to fit other amputees with artificial limbs. Stockwell explained: You are injured, in the hospital and you dont have your leg and you wonder: What can I do now. (MSNBC -- Sports)

    Binge drinking raises cancer risk  Sep 5, 2008
    ----------------- ----------------- RELATED BBC SITES. Last Updated: Monday, 23 April 2007, 09:51 GMT 10:51 UK. (Yahoo News -- Alcohol and Alcoholism)

    Alcohol health warnings by 2008  Sep 5, 2008
    ----------------- ----------------- RELATED BBC SITES. Last Updated: Monday, 28 May 2007, 12:19 GMT 13:19 UK. (Yahoo News -- Alcohol and Alcoholism)

    'No alcohol in pregnancy' advised  Sep 5, 2008
    ----------------- ----------------- RELATED BBC SITES. Last Updated: Friday, 25 May 2007, 01:00 GMT 02:00 UK. (Yahoo News -- Alcohol and Alcoholism)

    New guidance given on autism care  Sep 5, 2008
    Page last updated at 12:44 GMT, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 13:44 UK. The public health minister has announced new guidelines on autism. (Yahoo News -- Autism)

    Deaf audiences can 'see' dialogue  Sep 5, 2008
    ----------------- ----------------- RELATED BBC SITES. Last Updated: Tuesday, 24 April 2007, 07:24 GMT 08:24 UK. (Yahoo News -- Disabilities and the Disabled)

    Florida Researchers Build Off-Road Wheelchair  Sep 3, 2008
    Rehab Ideas' products add to a commercial field that includes advanced prosthetics, swimming fins for amputees and adaptive equipment for hunting and fishing. And while there are other beach wheelchairs on the market, Rehab Ideas' product is unique in that users don't have to buy a separate wheelchair, they simply board the platform and ride into the sand. (Fox News)

    Sierra Leone:Questioning the Use of Aid  Sep 2, 2008
    Apart from tiny mud houses for a few amputees in Kosso, built by the NGO Norwegian Refugee Council, the bulk of them rely on begging to upkeep their families. It is the case of the amputees, for instance, that the effectiveness of aid is been questioned, even by implementing partners. (allAfrica.com)

    Critics' Picks  Aug 30, 2008
    It began as a propaganda tool in Hitler's Germany, which had a state television service from 1935 to 1944, broadcasting the Nuremberg Rallies and demented anti-Semitic speeches alongside beauty tips for Aryan brides, a variety show shot in a rooftop beer garden, live events from the 1936 Olympics (watched by an audience of 160,000 at public "television parlors") and time-wasting interviews with low-level bureaucrats: "I can't tell you how much our Strength Through Joy program has accomplished!"... (Salon)

    Triathlete (and amputee) takes court  Aug 29, 2008
    In June, she turned up to the first round of tryouts as one of two amputees -- the other one became a court attendant -- amid roughly 400 hopefuls. Before the second round, her athlete's mentality kicked in. (News & Observer -- Sports)

    Limb Centre faces imminent shut down  Aug 23, 2008
    In addition to the standard artificial limb for everyday use, many amputees have special limbs and devices to aid in the participation of sports and recreational activities. 22 Aug. 08. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Rep. Atkins offers snapshot of House session  Aug 20, 2008
    The number of amputees returning from Iraq and Afghanistan is increasing at an alarming rate. These young men and women deserve the greatest possible amount of assistance as they transition into successful members of civilian society. (Chelmsford Independent, MA)

    Young multiple amputee tells success story at War Amps Toronto Seminar  Aug 16, 2008
    10:30 am to 11 am: SUPER CHAMPS CAN - CHAMP Graduates Brian Wade and Chris Koch, both quadruple amputees, show the Super Champs tips and tricks for living independently, including cleaning, grocery shopping, travel and cooking ... "We hold regular CHAMP Seminars, but this one allows us to address in an in-depth way the issues specific to raising a multiple amputee child. It has a tremendous impact in putting these young Super Champs on the road to independence." Utilizing the "Winner's Circle"... (Canada Newswire)

    Amputees hit the surf in Pismo  Aug 16, 2008
    Weather Sponsored By. in print and online, 24/7. (Santa Maria Times)

    Durbin in Spring Valley  Aug 14, 2008
    Durbin said the No. 1 injury among Iraq veterans is traumatic brain injury, and there are also amputees and veterans with post traumatic stress disorder. We ve got a lot of returning veterans, soldiers and Marines and sailors and airmen who ve served overseas, and they need help when they get home, Durbin said. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)

    Review: Comedy 'Tropic Thunder' Equally Offends  Aug 13, 2008
    But be forewarned: If you can't take 90 minutes of a movie that takes swipes at the mentally disabled, drug addicts, amputees, gay men, over bloated Hollywood actors (especially ones who undergo pigmentation in order to get the leading African-American role in a war movie), Asian drug lords, Sean Penn or the Academy Awards, then you probably should stay away from "Tropic Thunder.". Already there are folks lining up to protest one continuing offensive storyline in "Thunder," in which Ben... (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)

    Dogs Test Osseointegration Prosthes...  Aug 10, 2008
    Dogs Test Osseointegration Prostheses: Canine Research to Benefit Human Amputees ... Canine Research to Benefit Human Amputees. (Suite101.com)

    Prosthetics take the high-tech route  Aug 7, 2008
    Researchers are refining this technology, hoping to make even delicate manual tasks possible for amputees ... Most of the estimated 250,000 amputees in Australia are older people who have lost the lower half of their leg due to diabetes or vascular disease, he says ... With top of the range, lower-leg prostheses costing between $15,000 and $20,000 and requiring replacement every two to four years, they are out of reach for most amputees. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    YRMC Wound Care Center speeds up healing for patients  Aug 4, 2008
    He said, "85 percent of amputees start out with a little wound on their toe or foot, so it's a big deal to get people into the hospitals that we can treat the wound early and aggressively.". Jerry's wife, Joy, said they couldn't have chosen a better place for medical care - "and that's very important when you're our age.". (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)

    CAMP PENDLETON: Injured veterans learn surfing  Aug 3, 2008
    Weekend camp helps amputees re-engage with life ... Brokaw and 15 other current and former service members --- most of them amputees ---- were guests at an instructional surf camp Saturday at Camp Pendleton's San Onofre beach hosted by "Operation Amped," an organization that helps injured veterans learn adaptive sports. (North County Times)

    Cyclist urges others to embrace life  Aug 1, 2008
    Amputees Across America brings message of hope to physical therapy patients in Mechanicsburg ... Wednesday afternoon, Sapere and the organization he founded, Amputees Across America, visited the HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital in Mechanicsburg to bring a message of hope to patients who had suffered debilitating injuries ... Myers first encountered Amputees Across America in 2003 Sapere when visited him in a HealthSouth rehab hospital. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)

    Sentinel Morning Update: Carlisle residents pack borough police meeting  Jul 31, 2008
    Video on the Amputees Across America stop in Mechanicsburg ... Bicyclists bring stories, hope to recovering amputees ... Wednesday afternoon, Sapere and the organization he founded, Amputees Across America, were at the HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital in Mechanicsburg to bring a message of hope to patients who had suffered debilitating injuries. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)

    Limbs of Love helps desperate Houston woman walk again  Jul 30, 2008
    Right now, there are as many as 5,000 amputees in Texas who have health insurance. But insurance doesn t cover artificial limbs. (KHOU.com, TX)

    Boosting Child Safety  Jul 28, 2008
    Regarding "Running Strong" (June 29): Thank you for providing hope to amputees everywhere. At Dover Rehabilitation and Living Center, I work with recent amputees who are receiving months and months of physical therapy and rehabilitation, and the work of scientists to create orthotics for runners and others is the hope I can pass on to them to help them through this arduous time ... Prosthesis designer Hugh] Herr makes an astute observation about the cultural tension regarding prosthetics and the... (Boston Globe)

    Amputee Athletes Ready for Extremity Games  Jul 24, 2008
    The modifications help amputees get onto the surfboards and preserve the physical benefits that come from surfing, Donaldson said ... Lighter and stronger materials, quick-release connections and components that can be adjusted for different activities have changed the perception of what's difficult for amputees with artificial limbs to do, said Dan Cox, College Park's national sales manager ... Upper extremity amputees have gear adapters to shift effectively in mountain biking or picks to hoist... (Fox News)

    For Your Eyes Only: Custom Interfaces Make Computer Clicking Faster, Easier  Jul 23, 2008
    (June 24, 2008) Devices known as brain-machine interfaces could someday be used routinely to help paralyzed patients and amputees control prosthetic limbs with just their thoughts. Now researchers have taken the. (Science Daily)

    Deadly TollsSick truckers causing fatal wrecks  Jul 23, 2008
    -- A Virginia trucker with a prosthetic leg from a farm accident more than 10 years ago is permitted to drive tanker trucks until at least 2012, even though he doesn't have the proper federal paperwork required for amputees. Virginia revoked the medical license for the official who approved him to drive over charges the official was caught illegally distributing controlled substances. (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)

    Heavyweight havoc on highways  Jul 23, 2008
    -- A Virginia trucker with a prosthetic leg from a farm accident more than 10 years ago is permitted to drive tanker trucks until at least 2012, even though he doesn't have the proper federal paperwork required for amputees. -- George Albright Jr., 61, smashed his 70,000-pound tractor-trailer into congested traffic on Interstate 70 in June 2006, killing four women in a Ford sedan about 30 miles east of Columbia, Mo. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Patriot Games  Jul 17, 2008
    Daubert, who is head of the Americans With Disabilities in Lindsay, said he hopes to inspire Tulare County to hold competitions here for Valley veterans in wheelchairs and amputees. For more information about getting involved, call Timothy Daubert at 562-8041. (The Exeter Sun, CA)

    More female soldiers serve 'inside the wire'  Jul 14, 2008
    Mitchell is one of 599 women wounded in the Middle East and part of the first wave of female combat amputees in U.S. history ... Male amputees typically prefer a titanium leg ... Seven female amputees have been treated at BAMC.. (Helena Independent Record, MT)

    Navy nurse pioneer leads renewal of Corps vows  Jul 14, 2008
    "I learned even more than I did in training with all the amputees, gas gangrene and so many other things you never saw in the emergency room on civilian duty.". She was assigned to the USS Comfort, a hospital ship, "to set up emergency departments" at a time when the ship was docked. (Daytona Beach News Journal)

    A soldier's tale: Wounded in Iraq, struggling for a life  Jul 13, 2008
    "It was days before Dominguez was conscious, weeks before he was lucid, months before he left the ICU.He couldn't use his left hand and he could barely walk. Ivonne got a transfer to Texas from her Transportation Security Administration job in Fort Myers and moved into a room on the hospital grounds. She showed up most days to help her son wash, or to change his wound dressings."I'd never seen so many amputees, so many badly burnt people," she said.After he emerged from the coma, Dominguez... (Anchorage Daily News)

    Nothing stops Valley soldier  Jul 13, 2008
    "Such determination is common among amputees wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, said Louis Givens, director of orthotics and prosthetics for the Veterans Affairs Health Care System in Palo Alto. The reporter can be reached at tsheehan@fresnobee.com or (559) 622-2410. DARRELL WONG / THE FRESNO BEE Wagner says attitude is the key, and that losing his leg was only an interruption. Bryan Wagner returned to California this week after a stay at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He says he was lucky to... (Fresno Bee -- Local)

    More of this story  Jul 3, 2008
    Cruise spreads the message to other amputees and their families to concentrate on their abilities. not their disabilities. (Cut Bank Pioneer Press - Golden Triangle, MT)

    Spray Reduces Pain In Children Undergoing Intravenous Procedures  Jul 2, 2008
    18, 2001) Fifty to 80 percent of all amputees experience pain in their stumps or what feels like the missing limbs long after surgical wounds have healed. Now new research from Johns Hopkins suggests the two. (Science Daily)

    Legs fail, but his drive won't  Jun 30, 2008
    He hopes his story might help other amputees get back on their feet, whether they have feet or not. "Don't give up," he said. (Albany Times Union)

    Running Strong  Jun 29, 2008
    He is bemused by the fact that when amputees run or climb more slowly than "intact-leg competitors," their athletic displays are considered courageous. But as soon as amputees prove they can actually compete with able-bodied athletes, accusations of cheating follow, he says. (Boston Globe)

    Two Women Are Already Champions  Jun 27, 2008
    Both are amputees, 24 year old and 19 year old , and,oh, what stories they have. Kelly, from North Carolina, recently graduated from Duke. (WNBC.com, NY)

    Neural Implant That Learns With The Brain May Help Paralyzed Patients  Jun 25, 2008
    ScienceDaily (June 24, 2008) Devices known as brain-machine interfaces could someday be used routinely to help paralyzed patients and amputees control prosthetic limbs with just their thoughts. Now, University of Florida researchers have taken the concept a step further, devising a way for computerized devices not only to translate brain signals into movement but also to evolve with the brain as it learns. (Science Daily)

    A war hero who lived his dream  Jun 25, 2008
    Twice he had won the national championship for amputees, once at Baltusrol, where he suggested we play. We had first met when Shepard called to discuss a book he had written. (NJ.com -- Sports)

    Green Insect Repellents Come Up Short  Jun 24, 2008
    (2:58)The I-Limb is a prosthetic to assist arm/hand amputees. It uses live muscles to move fingers realistically and effectively. (CBS News)

    Fair aids wounded Marines  Jun 18, 2008
    It has even taken on amputees, with DOT waivers. If they can't drive, they can be mechanics or perform other work for the company, he said. (News & Observer)

    Dolphin Gets on Swimmingly With Bionic Tail  Jun 12, 2008
    Winter Boosts Aquarium Attendance, Inspires Other Amputees ... And Winter has become an inspiration for many other human amputees. (ABC News)

    Amputees fight for insurers to cover prostheses  Jun 10, 2008
    Since then, Casey has joined a nationwide fight by amputees and the prosthetics industry to get the states and Congress to require fuller coverage for artificial limbs ... The Veterans Affairs Department, which is seeing a growing number of amputees returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, provides prosthetic care without limits, said VA spokesman Terry Jemison. (MSNBC -- Health)

    Disabled vets plunge into Alcatraz triathlon  Jun 7, 2008
    "The staff at the military hospital for the amputees would be there with me at 6 a.m. to help me run on the track. My therapist helping me swim would be there helping me after hours." ... McGinnis, who will begin working on a master's degree in social work at California State University Stanislaus starting this fall, has helped amputees and other wounded veterans navigate the military health care system. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)

    Monkeys control robots with their minds  Jun 4, 2008
    Scientists say research could help amputees or those with degenerative disorders. (CNN) -- Scientists have trained a group of monkeys to feed themselves marshmallows using a robot arm controlled by sensors implanted in their brains, a feat that could one day help paralyzed people operate prosthetic limbs on their own, according to a study out Thursday. (CNN -- Tech)

    Timeline: Paralympic Games  Jun 1, 2008
    Visually impaired athletes compete in medal events at the summer Paralympics in Montreal, along with two new categories: amputees and mixed disabilities (Les Autres). Specialized racing wheelchairs used for the first time. (Suite101.com)

    Monkey Think, Monkey Do--With a Robotic Arm [Video]  May 30, 2008
    "Very, very cool. But I m curious as to why they d bother with testing on monkeys. There aren t enough human amputees that d jump at the chance to...[]". Posted 10 hours ago by. (Scientific American)

    Monkey's brain controls robot arm  May 29, 2008
    Writing in Nature journal, the authors said their work could eventually help amputees and people who are paralysed ... He said the research could eventually benefit the development of prosthetic limbs for people with spinal cord injuries or for amputees. (BBC News -- Science)

    Mind Over Matter: Monkey Feeds Itself Using Its Brain  May 29, 2008
    28, 2004) New research is speeding the development of brain-controlled devices that may soon allow amputees and paraplegics to use their limbs. Within a few short years, these so-called brain-computer. (Science Daily)

    Mind over matter: monkeys control robots with brain power  May 29, 2008
    PARIS (AFP) - Scientists have trained monkeys to manipulate a robotic arm solely with brain power, and could soon help amputees and paralysed stroke victims do the same, according to a study released Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)

    Mind over matter  May 29, 2008
    Scientists have trained monkeys to manipulate a robotic arm solely with brain power, and could soon help amputees and paralysed stroke victims do the same, according to a study released on Wednesday. Immobilised monkeys with electrode filaments inserted into their cerebral cortext learned in only days to reach out with the free-standing prosthesis, pluck a tasty morsel with a pincer-like claw, and pop it in their mouths. (iAfrica.com)

    Juilliard Dropout Plays Skid Row, Battles Demons, Inspires Mayor: Review  May 27, 2008
    He did not pull punches in setting the scene: He described the horrors of Skid Row, from amputees attached to colostomy bags who fell out of wheelchairs, to homeless people who were teeming with bugs, or dead. The Soloist'' is a beautifully written story that will forever change the way you feel when you walk down the street and pass a person who sleeps on the sidewalk. (Bloomberg -- US)

    Biotech Reigns At Wharton's Business Plan Contest  May 26, 2008
    They ranged from one as simple as creating better padding for the junctures between prostheses and amputees' residual limbs to one as complex as using nanoparticles--infinitesimally small specks of matter--to better diagnose and treat cancer ... Finishing third in the overall competition was Proteza, with its SmartSock for amputees. (Forbes)

    China Earthquake Survivors' New Struggles  May 24, 2008
    With Nearly 300,000 People Injured, China Now Deals With Amputees, Emotional Scars ... The daughter of rice farmers, she has little money and must wait in line with many amputees for whatever is available ... With Nearly 300,000 People Injured, China Now Deals With Amputees, Emotional Scars. (CBS News)

    Salmon Fishermen Reeling In Your Tax $$  May 24, 2008
    Salmon Fishermen Reeling In Your Tax. Salmon Shortage Called A "Disaster," But Are Federal Subsidies Going Too Far. (CBS News)

    Shortened arm doesn’t hold back new physical therapist, UW-L grad  May 17, 2008
    Her goal is to develop a niche working with amputees, especially helping them learn to walk again. It is a great feeling to see someone who thinks it is over, and then you help them get back up and off they go, said Berg. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)

    Amputees: Grim Outcome of Quakes  May 16, 2008
    Specialists at the Red Cross center, where 850 patients are being treated, fit amputees for artificial limbs, produce the limb and provide physiotherapy. "There is a whole healing process of the limb which can take weeks or months and then you can talk about fitting artificial limbs," Red Cross spokesman Bernard Barrett says. (ABC News)

    Mount EverestYour questions on how the Olympic torch got to the top of Everest  May 12, 2008
    Everest has been climbed by people with all sorts of disabilities including amputees and the blind. Q. I must congratulate China for this feat, they deserve a lot of respect. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)

    Archives: Amputees

    Back to FindHealthNews Home

[ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ]
©1998-2006 SurfWax, Inc.
All rights reserved. Patents pending.



Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2006