Limb Loss Update

Limb Loss Update

Limb Loss Update

MedlinePlus sent this bulletin at 03/22/2013 01:11 PM EDT New on the MedlinePlus Limb Loss page:

Bias May Explain Disparity in Leg Amputations

03/20/2013 04:19 PM EDT

Although differences in cultural preferences, wealth or access to top hospitals are blamed for many healthcare disparities, a new study concludes those are not the main reasons that blacks with poor leg circulation are almost twice as likely to be amputated as whites with the same condition.
Source: Reuters Health

Wireless, Implanted Sensor Broadens Range of Brain Research

03/19/2013 04:49 PM EDT

Source: National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering -