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On November 27, CNN honored their Top 10 Heroes of 2008 during a star-studded gala presentation. Last month we profiled one of those 10, Tad Agoglia. Another so honored on Thanksgiving was David Puckett of Savannah, Georgia, along with his ministry, Positive Image Prosthetics and Orthotics (PIPO). ...

Former SADMERC Medical Directors Join OrthoCare Innovations as Medical and Scientific Advisory Board Members and Strategic Advisors.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- OrthoCare Innovations, LLC is pleased to announce that former SADMERC Medical Directors Doran Edwards, M.D. and Kenneth M. Nelson, MD have joined its board of medical and scientific advisors. Drs. Edwards and Nelson, both former Medicare directors to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...

Orthotics and Prosthetics in Rehabilitation.
Orthotics and Prosthetics in Rehabilitation Lusardi MM, Nielsen CC, eds. Woburn, MA 01801-2041, Butterworth-Heinemann Inc, 2000, hardcover, 636 pp, illus, ISBN: 0-7506-9807-1, $99. The editors and the chapter authors have created an excellent textbook for the multidisciplinary team of health care professionals who work with people requiring...

Prosthetics and Orthotics, 2nd ed. (Reviews of books, computer software, and videotapes are written by invitation).
Prosthetics and Orthotics, ed 2 Shurr DG, Michael JW. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458, Prentice Hall, 2002, hardcover, 301 pp, illus, ISBN: 0-8385-8133-1, $54.67. This book integrates the presentation of both prostheses and orthoses into a single textbook. It is organized into 12 chapters. The first 3...

Bionic animals: learn how high-tech prosthetics fop animals are helping humans.
A Dolphin named Winter lost her tail in a crab trap. Motala the elephant stepped on a landmine. Beauty the eagle had her beak shot off. In the wild, this dolphin, elephant, and eagle would probably die. But in each of these cases, kind people stepped in. They managed...

US market for cosmetic improvement products will experience enormous growth.
The market value for cosmetic, prosthetics and orthotics sector will reach nearly US$11 billion in 2010, an increase of some 30% annually over next five years The US market for cosmetic enhancement products is expected to experience enormous growth of almost 30% annually from 2005 to 2010,...

U.S. cosmetic enhancement market to grow 9.9%.
* The U.S. market for prosthetics, orthotics and cosmetic enhancement products is expected to increase from $6.8 billion in 2005 to $10.8 billion in 2010, an AAGR (average annual growth rate) of 9.9%, according to a soon-to-be-released report RB-216 Prosthetics, Orthotics and Cosmetic Enhancement Products from Business Communications Company,...

Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. Announces Six Acquisitions Totaling $8.9 Million of Annual Net Revenue.
BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. is pleased to announce that throughout the fourth quarter of 2008 it acquired Maine Artificial Limb Co., Orthotics Center, Rocky Mountain Orthotic-Prosthetics Center, Riessen's Orthopedic and Prosthetic Services, Inc., First Coast Orthotics & Prosthetics, and Orthopedic Rehabilitation Products, Inc....

Orthotics and Prosthetics in Rehabilitation, ed 2.
Orthotics and Prosthetics in Rehabilitation, ed 2 Lusardi MM, Nielsen CC, eds. St Louis, MO 63146, Saunders, 2007, hardcover, 903 pp, illus, ISBN: 0-7506-7479-2, $89. This comprehensive text on the use of orthoses and prostheses is designed for physical therapists and occupational therapists. Contributors include physical therapists,...

Prosthetics and Orthotics.
This book was developed from teaching notes for physical therapy students. Designed to provide an overview, the book has 11 chapters that cover adult and juvenile prosthetics and orthotics. In the introductory chapter, the authors provide a brief history of the development of prosthetics, some etiological data...