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Low-Vision Rehabilitation Appears To Improve Visual Function In Macular Disease (Medical News Today)

A low-vision rehabilitation program that includes a home visit, counseling, assistive devices such as magnifiers and assignments to practice using them appears to significantly improve vision in veterans with diseases of the macula (the area of the retina with the sharpest vision), according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Medicare Fee Cuts Could Devastate Rehabilitation Services, Physical Therapists Warn Congress (Medical News Today)

Pending cuts to the Medicare physician fee schedule could severely hamper the ability of physical therapists to serve the rehabilitation needs of seniors and people with disabilities, driving up overall costs while decreasing quality of care, according to the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) and its Private Practice Section. In testimony May 8 before a hearing of the U.S.

Tiger's rehabilitation is going well (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)

Tiger Woods says his recovery from knee surgery is going well and he hopes to play in the Memorial tournament in two weeks.

Web update: Dontrelle Willis allows five earned runs in start for Toledo (Detroit Free Press)

Tigers left-hander Dontrelle Willis resumed his minor league rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Toledo on Monday night, allowing five earned runs over 5 2/3 innings in the Mud Hens' 6-5 victory at Charlotte.

Stroke Survivors Walk Better After Human-assisted Rehabilitation (Science Daily)

Therapist-assisted walking rehabilitation showed greater improvements in walking ability in ambulatory stroke survivors compared to robotic-assisted therapy. Post-stroke patients in both groups improved their walking ability, but the amount of improvement in the physical therapist-assisted group was greater. Robotic devices may be best reserved for acute stroke patients who have no ability to ...