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Nearly 1 billion people likely to live with osteoarthritis by 2050, study estimates

A new study projects nearly 1 billion people will be living with osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis, by 2050. Currently, 15% of individuals aged 30 and older experience osteoarthritis.

21 Aug 2023

Has Long Covid contributed to labor market inactivity in the UK?

Researchers investigated the association between Long Covid and subsequent labor market outcomes in working-age adults from the UK.

21 Aug 2023

Remote curriculum delivery during the pandemic creates optimal learning environment for medical students with disabilities

Medical students who reported a disability to their school increased by more than 25% during the COVID-19 pandemic, a study shows.

18 Aug 2023

A new Medicare proposal would cover training for family caregivers

Even with extensive caregiving experience, Patti LaFleur was unprepared for the crisis that hit in April 2021, when her mother, Linda LaTurner, fell out of a chair and broke her hip.

18 Aug 2023

The association between diet pattern and depressive and anxiety symptoms

The associations between dietary patterns and depression or anxiety symptoms.

18 Aug 2023

Phase I trial shows promise: Brain stimulation spurs upper-extremity recovery in stroke patients

Researchers performed an open-label phase I trial.

18 Aug 2023

Is shift work associated with depression and anxiety, and if so, does lifestyle mediate the associations?

Researchers discuss the contribution of lifestyle factors in depression and anxiety among shift workers

17 Aug 2023

Mitochondrial dysfunction may be a contributor to schizophrenia

Researchers at Rutgers and Emory University are gaining insights into how schizophrenia develops by studying the strongest-known genetic risk factor.

16 Aug 2023

Moderate or extreme pain after a heart attack may help predict the risk for all‐cause mortality

People who have had a heart attack often report pain about a year later. Moderate or extreme pain after a heart attack – most commonly pain due to other health conditions – may help predict the likelihood of death over the next 8.5 years, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

16 Aug 2023

Study: 93 million U.S. adults may benefit from semaglutide medication

Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have just published a study that projects 93 million U.S. adults that are overweight and obese may be suitable for the 2.4 mg dosage of semaglutide, a weight loss medication known under the brand name Wegovy.

16 Aug 2023

New online course helps personal care assistants better understand spinal cord injury

"Understanding Spinal Cord Injury: A Course for Personal Care Assistants" a new interactive online course designed to enhance the training of personal care assistants (PCAs) for individuals with spinal cord injury, was presented today at the Paralyzed Veterans of America Healthcare (PVA) Summit + Expo at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld Hotel in Orlando, FL, by Jeanne Zanca, MPT, PhD, FACRM, assistant director of the Center for Spinal Cord Injury Research at Kessler Foundation, and chair of the Foundation's Institutional Review Board.

16 Aug 2023

Next-generation sequencing provides novel insights into the mechanisms underlying autism and myotonic muscular dystrophy

The pathomechanistic connection between autism and myotonic muscular dystrophy type 1.

16 Aug 2023

Study highlights the delay in advanced stroke care and treatments

A new study from the University of Chicago Medicine reveals that nearly 75 percent of acute stroke patients wait more than two hours to be transferred to a comprehensive stroke center - a delay in advanced care and treatments that risks long-term disability.

16 Aug 2023

New review looks at the impact of robotic exoskeletons on recovery of ambulation among individuals with acquired brain injury

A team of New Jersey researchers reviewed the evidence for the impact of robotic exoskeleton devices on recovery of ambulation among individuals with acquired brain injury, laying out a systematic framework for the evaluation of such devices that is needed for rigorous research studies.

16 Aug 2023

Kessler Foundation researchers receive $1.7 million in grants to improve lives of TBI patients

Kessler Foundation scientists received four grants from the New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research, totaling nearly $1.7 million for studies based on a variety of novel approaches aimed at improving the lives of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

15 Aug 2023

Deep brain stimulation shows promise for post-stroke rehabilitation

A first-in-human trial of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for post-stroke rehabilitation patients by Cleveland Clinic researchers has shown that using DBS to target the dentate nucleus – which regulates fine-control of voluntary movements, cognition, language, and sensory functions in the brain – is safe and feasible.

14 Aug 2023

Disability News and Research

Nearly 1 billion people likely to live with osteoarthritis by 2050, study estimates

Has Long Covid contributed to labor market inactivity in the UK?

Remote curriculum delivery during the pandemic creates optimal learning environment for medical students with disabilities

A new Medicare proposal would cover training for family caregivers

The association between diet pattern and depressive and anxiety symptoms

Phase I trial shows promise: Brain stimulation spurs upper-extremity recovery in stroke patients

Is shift work associated with depression and anxiety, and if so, does lifestyle mediate the associations?

Mitochondrial dysfunction may be a contributor to schizophrenia

Moderate or extreme pain after a heart attack may help predict the risk for all‐cause mortality

Study: 93 million U.S. adults may benefit from semaglutide medication

New online course helps personal care assistants better understand spinal cord injury

Next-generation sequencing provides novel insights into the mechanisms underlying autism and myotonic muscular dystrophy

Study highlights the delay in advanced stroke care and treatments

New review looks at the impact of robotic exoskeletons on recovery of ambulation among individuals with acquired brain injury

Kessler Foundation researchers receive $1.7 million in grants to improve lives of TBI patients

Deep brain stimulation shows promise for post-stroke rehabilitation

Wildfires, emissions from agriculture and farming may pose toxic threats to cognitive health

Intensive lifestyle intervention linked to increased employment for people with type 2 diabetes

Late life depression: Bridging the gap with new perspectives on aging

Do sugar-sweetened carbonated beverages increase depression risks?

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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