A recent study analyzes trends and compares complication rates of joint replacement patients who go home the same day they have surgery versus those who spend one or more nights in the hospital.
Despite a small decline in December, the job numbers for people with disabilities remained above pre-pandemic levels, according to the recent National Trends in Disability Employment – Monthly Update (nTIDE).
Select Medical announces a joint venture agreement with West Tennessee Healthcare to own and operate a 50-bed critical illness recovery hospital serving Madison and surrounding counties.
Pregnant women with disabilities have a much higher risk for severe pregnancy- and birth-related complications and death than other pregnant women, according to findings by researchers at the National Institutes of Health.
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The subminimum wage allows employers to pay people with disabilities cents on the hour for their work. A provision in the Build Back Better Act would incentivize states to help end the practice, Ms. magazine reports.
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Encompass Health Corp announces plans to build a freestanding, 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital near Cleveland.
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Promising animal studies and earlier investigations led to a trial of intravenous stem cell therapy in an 11-year-old boy with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, described in the winter issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.
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Legislation to reinstate the Office of the Advocate for People with Disabilities now awaits Governor Hochul’s signature, Center for Independence of the Disabled, NY, notes in a media release.
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Formerly known as Disability News Report, the TV channel for the disabled community launches new site and branding as DiMe, according to a news release.
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Scientists have determined the structure of the molecule associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and multiple other neurodegenerative diseases, they suggest, in Nature.
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Hackensack Meridian Health explains how the use of noninvasive MRI-guided focused ultrasound helped a person with essential hand tremor play the church organ again.
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The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Board of Trustees announces three new members, Donald Friedman, Margie Lewis, and Eon Nichols, who bring with them decades of expertise and service to benefit the hospital.
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I AM ALS, The ALS Association and the Muscular Dystrophy Association released the following statement on the recent passage of ACT for ALS in the House of Representatives:
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Seating Dynamics, developer of dynamic seating components for wheelchairs, appoints Linds Rehabilitation Equipment as its exclusive distributor for Australia.
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Össur, a global leader in the orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) industry with a rich history of groundbreaking clinical innovations, announced that president and CEO Jon Sigurdsson has decided to retire from his position as President and CEO of Össur.
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For patients with vestibular migraine or nonmigraine vestibular dysfunction, vestibular rehabilitation (VR) might help reduce symptoms and improve quality of life, according to a study recently published in the Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology.
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The University of Pittsburgh is seeking opinions on wheelchair service and funding as part of a research project to improve CRT wheelchair policies.
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MyndVR, a provider of virtual reality solutions for older adults in the United States, announces its acquisition of virtual reality therapy company Immersive Cure.
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