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CT Nursing Home Lawsuits Involve Lack of PT
by Lauren Fritsky
There's an interesting story out of Connecticut from this weekend. It involves a nursing home facing lawsuits for neglecting two patients, both of whom died. In the first, part of the argument is that the client did not receive "medically necessary physical Read More...
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Are Changes Coming?
by Lisa Lombardo
America has elected a new president--an historic event that even other nations are taking notice of. Sen. Barack Obama's election as the first African-American president will rightly be remembered as a turning point in U.S. politics. But without too much Read More...
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October is National Physical Therapy Month!
by Elizabeth Puliti
Is your facility or clinic doing something special to acknowledge October as PT Month? If so, ADVANCE wants to know about it! Send us a photo of your staff or of an event with a brief caption and we will include it in an online photo gallery of how PTs Read More...
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Good News: Senate Passes Medicare Bill
by Lisa Lombardo
Pleasing the leadership of the American Physical Therapy Association and PTs and PTAs everywhere, the Senate yesterday passed HR 6331, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act. "We are thrilled that the Senate took action yesterday and Read More...
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PT 2008 'Kicks it Up' at the Opening Ceremony
by Elizabeth Puliti
SAN ANTONIO—PT 2008 kicked the conference off right last night with a stimulating opening ceremony. APTA President R. Scott Ward, PT, PhD, welcomed the overflowing audience of PTs to San Antonio. He had nothing but praise for the 7 th largest city in Read More...
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Guest Blogger: Naomi Aaronson MA, OTR/L, CHT
by Elizabeth Puliti
Every Child Left Behind As a school-based therapist, I see many changes since I was in elementary school. It seems the only thing that has remained are the shelter drills, and even they disappeared for a while! No Child Left Behind, which was enacted Read More...
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Mirror Therapy
by Elizabeth Puliti
I recently read an article on CNN that described how amputees are benefitting from an unusual painkiller: mirrors. In the story, Army Sgt. Nick Paupore was traveling in a Humvee in Kirkuk City, Iraq, when a roadside bomb struck his vehicle. The blast Read More...
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Enraged Actor Sheds Light on Medical Errors
by Elizabeth Puliti
Just last week actor Dennis Quaid and his wife, Kimberly, found out exactly what happened to their twin babies mere days after they were born. They have recently made headlines because they are infuriated to learn of the details surrounding the medical Read More...
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It’s That Time of Year Again
by Rebecca Mayer
Despite being the most joyous time of year, the holiday season can be tough for many reasons. The biggest trap that most Americans try not to fall into year after year is gaining weight as a result of over-indulging and under-exercising. According to Read More...
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