Phones, tablets, and their impact on kids’ brains
60 Minutes has been asking: What impact do mobile devices have on the brain? The most recent report goes inside a groundbreaking study of young minds.
Hybrid & Electric Cars: Electromagnetic Radiation Risks
Electromagnetic Radiation Safety Scientific and policy developments regarding the health effects of electromagnetic radiation exposure from cell phones, cell towers, Wi-Fi, Smart Meters, and other wireless technology Hybrid & Electric Cars: Electromagnetic Radiation Risks
(Center for Family and Community Health – School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley)
Cellphone Radiation Safety Guidelines Released by California Health Officials
Guidelines about cellphone radiation and how to reduce your exposure have been released by the California Department of Public Health.
Early Recovery Reduces Hospital Cost and Faster Rehabilitation
Globe and Mail Wednesday, October 10, 2012: A new research study including recovery following leg amputation associated with diabetes is being presented in Vancouver at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine October 11-13, 2012. The study conducted at Vidant Hospital, Greenville, North Carolina and published by Eastern Carolina University demonstrated faster post surgical wound healing. The study used innovative technology with Farabloc fabric and Mirror Therapy in post operation care with results including improved healing and edema reduction.
Living With the Ghost: An Update on Phantom Limb Pain.
O & P Business News
Studies suggest that up to 80% of amputees will experience phantom pain in their lifetime. With few questions answered, patients and practitioners find their own ways of handling the agonizing affliction.
Phantom Pain is No Phantom
An article in The O & P Edge, an online publication of www.oandp.com, the global resource for orthotics and prosthetics information.
Phantom pain—what does it imply? To the uninitiated patient or family member, it connotes a condition in which the pain experienced is not real. It reveals something psychologically sinister and threatening—a kind of medical delusion. It limits patient motivation and family/friend support by labeling a patient as weak, prone to imagine or exaggerate, or even as a hypochondriac. At the least, the term diminishes the legitimacy of suffering—a bad modality to connect to any form of medical intervention or physical rehabilitation.
Pain Killers, “The Inventor”
Article by Vicki O’Brien in BC Business Magazine
Frieder Kempe grew up in a house of pain. His father lost a leg in the 1944 battle of Monte Cassino and suffered excruciating phantom limb pain. Kempe wanted to help. “Whenever the pain came, my father would predict rain. I realized that his scar had no healthy skin covering, hence no protection from electromagnetic
fields.”
The answer, he decided, was to create a ‘second skin’ that would shield sensitive tissue, calm damaged nerve ends and stimulate blood circulation.
Beating the Phantoms
“Phantom Pain Without Medication – Other Forms of Phantom Pain Relief”.
Condensed from The Christian Science Monitor.
Farabloc is now the “Standard of Care” for Phantom Limb Pain
A report by Cecil Hershler, MD, PhD, FRCP(C) who states, “I first encountered Farabloc during a research study in 1990 (University of British Columbia, School of Rehabilitation). Together with Dr. Tali Conine, we examined the efficacy of using Farabloc to manage phantom limb pain in amputees. The study utilized a randomized, double-blind, crossover design to find in favor of Farabloc. The outcome was consequently published in a number of medical Journals, among them, this 1993 article in the Canadian Journal of Rehabilitation