New law requires policies to cover prosthetic limbs
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Governor Mitt Romney has signed a bill that requires health plans to provide coverage for prosthetic limbs.
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Medical research team believes units could be modified to 'print' new skin.
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Someday, a runner with a prosthetic leg may challenge to run in the Olympics. In the meantime, there should be a way to infuse Oscar Pistoriusâs spirit into all of us, within Olympic rules, of course.
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China's Ministry of Health issues a statement highlighting the country's new rules on organ transplants.
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The latest antismoking campaign features graphic imagery, including an amputation.
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New code of practice singles out IT systems The UK's 45,000 public bodies face a fundamental change to the way they operate with the arrival of new disability legislation, which came into force today.â¦
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FAMILIES could face hefty fines if they rely on relatives' DIY skills when a new law is introduced this weekend.
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Patients will be put at risk by a new regulatory system being brought in for homeopathic medicine, experts say.
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After days of trying to save grossly infected limbs, doctors have increasingly resorted to amputation, in the hope of saving lives.
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Congress plans to make it a little easier for hospitals, insurers and other to refuse to provide or cover abortions.
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The approval marks a step toward an era in which medical treatments are personalized for each patient.
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New legislation would make it harder to obtain a new patent, easier to challenge patents, and less expensive to violate a patent.
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Tissue banks must meet new federal safety standards aimed at preventing infection and disease, under regulations issued on Thursday.
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Research could lead to improvements in prosthetic limbs and robotsScientists have long struggled to figure out how the brain guides the complex movement of our limbs, from the graceful leaps of ballerinas to the simple everyday act of picking up a cup of coffee.
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Idaho State University has received an $842,000 grant from the Department of Defense to develop a prosthetic hand that, rather than simply being attached, will be implanted and provide a sense of touch and temperature sensation by converting impulses sent to and from the brain.
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US troops injured in Iraq have required limb amputations at twice the rate of past wars, and as many as 20 percent have suffered severe head and neck injuries, according to new data giving the
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Cosmetic breast augmentation should be restricted to women aged 18 and older, says a new policy adopted by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).