Pinless Artificial Leg Seen Better for Amputees
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A pin suspension system used to keep an artificial lower-leg in place can disrupt circulation within the remaining limb, leading to skin sores, investigators report. They suggest prostheses that use suction attachment are a better choice.
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Forget about temperature taking and blood pressure checking. In the bright, near future, the first step for people seeking medical care may be to have their bicep read by an electronic scanner seeking data stored on an implanted chip.
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A surgical robot developed by UK scientists makes hip operations so simple even students get good results.
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For decades, people with so-called juvenile diabetes have been told that controlling their blood sugar was all they could do to prevent nerve damage that can lead to the amputation of a foot or leg.
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An electronic &quot;artificial eye&quot;, developed for people with impaired vision, has been shown to reliably identify pedestrian crossings, determine when it is safe to walk across and even measure the width of a road.
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A 9-year-old Iraqi girl injured during a U.S. air strike may walk again after she receives prosthetic legs at a hospital here.
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Patients worried that surgeons may mistakenly operate on the wrong limb or organ can put away the pens and markers. A new device approved for sale yesterday by the Food and Drug
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Diabetics, watch out: A hot spot on your foot can signal an ulcer is brewing, a wound that could cost your limb.
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NEW YORK  - The total volume of muscles in  the foot is halved in people who have nerve damage resulting  from diabetes, compared with diabetics without neuropathy,  according to researchers.
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NEW YORK  - After undergoing knee  reconstruction, therapy with a machine that puts the joint  through continuous passive motion leads to improved flexion  when added to conventional physical therapy, according to a  review by Canadian researchers.
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PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island  - U.S. researchers on  Monday unveiled a computerized prosthetic ankle and foot that  could change the lives of a growing number of amputees  returning from battle in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Dr. P. K. Sethi invented the affordable prosthesis called the Jaipur foot, which has helped millions of amputees in developing countries to lead normal lives.
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PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island  - U.S. researchers on Monday unveiled a computerized prosthetic ankle and foot that could change the lives of a growing number of amputees returning from battle in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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U.S. health officials said on Friday they approved a new device that could help save the arms and legs of injured soldiers and trauma victims.
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Building an artificial heart has proved tougher than landing men on the moon, but a new study shows that a heart once considered a flop can prolong the lives of desperately sick
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Federal regulators will ask outside medical experts next week whether implanting an artificial spinal disc made by Medtronic is more effective than surgery at treating certain neck injuries.
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A device that reads brain waves may give paralyzed patients a way to control prosthetic limbs without needing brain implants, medical investigators say.