Foot News and Research

RSS

Study addresses knowledge gap of clinical features and outcomes of Black patients with melanoma

Researchers identified patient- and tumor-level melanoma features in black individuals.

25 Jan 2024

Unveiling the cellular mechanisms of engram consolidation and memory refinement

Think of a time when you had two different but similar experiences in a short period. Maybe you attended two holiday parties in the same week or gave two presentations at work.

19 Jan 2024

In this Oklahoma town, most everyone knows someone who’s been sued by the hospital

It took little more than an hour for Deborah Hackler to dispense with the tall stack of debt collection lawsuits that McAlester Regional Medical Center recently brought to small-claims court in this Oklahoma farm community.

19 Jan 2024

Study reveals key role of skin microbiome in aging and skin health

Microbial taxa related to skin aging.

16 Jan 2024

Binghamton University develops app to help study and prevent falls in older adults

Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York's Motion Analysis Research Laboratory have developed an app to help study and prevent falls in older adults.

16 Jan 2024

Trump official who OK’d drugs from Canada chairs company behind Florida’s import plan

The Food and Drug Administration's unprecedented approval of Florida's plan to import drugs from Canada was made possible only after Alex Azar, as the Trump administration's Health and Human Services secretary, certified that bringing medicines over the border could be done safely.

12 Jan 2024

Researchers use a soft, wearable robot to help a person living with Parkinson’s walk without freezing

Researchers demonstrated the effectiveness of soft robotic apparel in averting Freezing of Gait (FoG) in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, showcasing significant improvements in mobility and gait quality.

9 Jan 2024

Bottled water harbors a quarter of a million tiny plastic particles, posing unknown health risks

Researchers discovered an average of 240,000 nanoplastic particles per liter in bottled water, far exceeding previous estimates, raising concerns about their potential to invade human cells and impact health due to their ability to pass through biological barriers.

8 Jan 2024

Exploring environmental influences on pregnancy, child health and disabilities

How does a pregnant person's environment, diet, stress, medications and social wellbeing affect their pregnancy and -; down the road -; their child's health?

3 Jan 2024

California is poised to protect workers from extreme heat — indoors

The stifling heat inside some warehouses where workers might spend 10-hour days isn't just a summer problem. In Southern California, it can feel like summer all year.

3 Jan 2024

States expand health coverage for immigrants as GOP hits Biden over border crossings

A growing number of states are opening taxpayer-funded health insurance programs to immigrants, including those living in the U.S. without authorization, even as Republicans assail President Joe Biden over a dramatic increase in illegal crossings of the southern border.

29 Dec 2023

Inside the Pentagon’s painfully slow effort to clean up decades of PFAS contamination

Oscoda, Michigan, has the distinction as the first community where "forever chemicals" were found seeping from a military installation into the surrounding community.

21 Dec 2023

A novel stem cell solution for preventing ischemia-induced amputations

Across the United States, about 2 million people are living with an amputation and another 185,000 amputations occur every year, according to the Amputee Coalition, a Washington DC-based support group.

19 Dec 2023

‘They see a cash cow’: Corporations could consume $50 billion of opioid settlements

The marketing pitches are bold and arriving fast: Invest opioid settlement dollars in a lasso-like device to help police detain people without Tasers or pepper spray.

18 Dec 2023

Spinal cord treatment offers relief and sensation to lower limb amputees

Researchers from the USA used commercially available electrodes for closed-loop spinal cord stimulation in three individuals with transtibial amputation.

18 Dec 2023

Newt regeneration secrets could help athletes heal faster

A research group led by Nagoya University's Graduate School of Engineering has uncovered how rapid tendon regeneration occurs in newts.

17 Dec 2023

Spinal cord stimulation restores sensation and eases phantom pain in amputees

Spinal cord stimulation can elicit sensation in the missing foot and alleviate phantom limb pain in people with lower limb amputations, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine rehabilitation scientists report today.

14 Dec 2023

People with disabilities hope autonomous vehicles deliver independence

Myrna Peterson predicts self-driving vehicles will be a ticket out of isolation and loneliness for people like her, who live outside big cities and have disabilities that prevent them from driving.

12 Dec 2023

Revolutionizing diabetes care: tPBM therapy proves effective in restoring microglial health

Transcranial photobiomodulation (tPBM) treatment affected insulin therapy on microglial function.