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Patients are relying on Lyft, Uber to travel far distances to medical care

When Lyft driver Tramaine Carr transports seniors and sick patients to hospitals in Atlanta, she feels like both a friend and a social worker.

17 Oct 2024

More restrooms have adult-size changing tables to help people with disabilities

The blue-and-white highway sign for the eastbound rest stop near here displays more than the standard icon of a person in a wheelchair, indicating facilities are accessible to people who can't walk.

3 Oct 2024

Study aims to uncover sex-specific causes of shoulder pain in wheelchair users

Josh Leonardis received funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health to study why female manual wheelchair users experience shoulder pain and pathology at greater rates than males.

23 Sep 2024

Across North Carolina, medical debt exacts a heavy toll

On March 30, 2019, a swerving car upended Tom Burke's life.

23 Sep 2024

Tossed medicine, delayed housing: How homeless sweeps are thwarting Medicaid’s goals

Andrew Douglass shoved his clothes and belongings into plastic trash bags as five police officers surrounded his encampment — a drab gray tent overflowing along a bustling sidewalk in the gritty Tenderloin neighborhood, where homeless people lie sprawled on public sidewalks, sometimes in drug overdoses.

16 Sep 2024

MSK researchers identify a new, rare type of small cell lung cancer

A team of doctors and researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have identified a new, rare type of small cell lung cancer that primarily affects younger people who have never smoked.

11 Sep 2024

Cancer drug offers life-changing results for severe lupus patient

The team at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin is astounded by the huge improvement seen in a female patient with severe systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) after being treated with the cancer medication teclistamab. Not long ago, the 23-year-old was wheelchair-bound due to the autoimmune disease.

6 Sep 2024

WHO and IPC collaborate to promote global access to assistive technology during Paris 2024 Paralympics

The World Health Organization (WHO) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) are joining forces to highlight the transformative impact of assistive technology on sports during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

28 Aug 2024

First comprehensive description of neuropathic pain experiences among SCI athletes

With the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games just around the corner, the extensive training and the sacrifices athletes make to compete at the games take centre stage.

27 Aug 2024

Disability rights activist pushes government to let him participate in society

Garret Frey refuses to be sidelined. Frey has been paralyzed from the neck down for more than 37 of his 42 years. He has spent decades rejecting the government's excuses when he and others with disabilities are denied the support they need to live in their own homes and to participate in society.

23 Aug 2024

Parkinson’s UK supports active living with enhanced Physical Activity Grants in 2024

Parkinson’s UK is offering its popular Physical Activity Grants programme to help more people living with Parkinson’s get active in 2024.

5 Aug 2024

Full-time wheelchair or motorized-scooter users experience falls and live with the fear of falling again

Many studies have focused on falls among people who are ambulatory and have conditions like multiple sclerosis or Parkinson's disease, but research to address falls among those who rely on wheelchairs or motorized scooters is rare, scientists report in a new study.

30 Jul 2024

States set minimum staffing levels for nursing homes. Residents suffer when rules are ignored or waived.

For hours, John Pernorio repeatedly mashed the call button at his bedside in the Heritage Hills nursing home in Rhode Island.

12 Jul 2024

Study: 13% of older adults diagnosed with traumatic brain injury

Some 13% of older adults are diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to a study by UC San Francisco and the San Francisco VA Health Care System

31 May 2024

People with disabilities more likely to experience pregnancy complications, report shows

People with disabilities account for 13% of all pregnancies in Ontario, but a new report shows that this population was more likely to experience pregnancy complications such as emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and preterm birth.

28 May 2024

77th World Health Assembly to address global health challenges under 'All for Health, Health for All'

As the world continues to grapple with the aftermath of the most severe pandemic in a century, the Seventy-seventh session of the World Health Assembly will convene under the banner of "All for Health, Health for All."

22 May 2024

He fell ill on a cruise. Before he boarded the rescue boat, they handed him the bill.

Vincent Wasney and his fiancée, Sarah Eberlein, had never visited the ocean. They'd never even been on a plane.

22 May 2024

Longitudinal study examines rates of MCI and dementia in people with essential tremor

Essential tremor, a nervous system disorder that causes rhythmic shaking, is one of the most common movement disorders. A new study published in the Annals of Neurology reveals details on the increased risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia that individuals with essential tremor may face.

24 Apr 2024

Ophthalmological method can be used to monitor neurodegeneration in Parkinson's patients

A study by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and Biobizkaia proposes using an available, simple, non-invasive tool to monitor this neurodegeneration.

22 Apr 2024

New platform can deliver gene therapy precisely to specific areas of the brain

A novel approach to gene therapy is improving lives in ways once thought impossible. Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine have developed a new platform to deliver the gene therapy precisely to specific areas of the brain.

18 Apr 2024