Aug 28 2009 by John Siddle, Southport Visiter
A PARTIALLY-sighted woman with one leg was refused disability benefits…in case she “got better”.
Diabetic Beryl Prescott, 57, had her leg amputated in January after suffering a gangrene infection, and applied for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) from her hospital bed.
Benefits bosses astonishingly told the former nurse to wait three [...]
AMPUTEE AMBASSADOR WANTED
Did you know that there is more than one serious accident per day in the United Kingdom involving Fork Lift Trucks? Were you injured in one? If so, you could really make a difference.
David McGuire is currently working on National Fork Lift Truck Safety Week, raising awareness of the dangers of these machines [...]
London 2012 Media Release
8/27/2009
Saturday 29th August represents exactly three years to go to the start of the London 2012 Paralympic Games and the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) marked the milestone date by announcing the appointment of Chris Holmes MBE as its new Director of Paralympic Integration.
Chris will lead [...]
Comparing Scars
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
By Laura Bennett
Photo Courtesy of The News Journal
Rob Kislow who says that without his prosthetics he would have “lost all the joys” in life
For Rob Kislow, getting shot was a kind of relief. He remembers a moment of otherworldly calm as the percussive roar of gunfire and the [...]
The Japanese high speed robotic hand
Researchers at the University of Tokyo’s Ishikawa Komuro Laboratory have developed a robotic arm and sensor system that is capable of performing some amazing sleight of hand tricks. Using a high speed tracking camera and tactile sensors on the fingers, the robot does millisecond bouncing of ping pong balls, pen [...]
BY DR. DAVID ABDOO
For The Salinas Californian
About 82,000 per year — that’s how many legs and feet are amputated annually in the United States because of diabetes.
Diabetes affects about 23.6 million people in the United States. People with diabetes have a 15 percent greater risk of lower extremity amputation than those [...]
HEALTHBEAT: Frustrated foot specialists find too many diabetics on stairway to amputation
By LAURAN NEERGAARD
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON
It costs $1,400 to cover the oozing sore on the diabetic’s foot with a piece of artificial skin, helping it heal if patients keep pressure off that spot. So when Medicare paid for the treatment but not the extra $100 [...]
The Regional Finals of The Bader Cup, recognised to be Europe’s largest National Mixed Golf Tournament, and The Desert Springs ‘Golf 4 Women’ Salver, dubbed “the U.K.’s most popular Ladies’ Golf Tournament”, have all been played. Results are coming in and can be seen by following the links below.
We will be publishing the results as [...]
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