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• Neighborhood disadvantage shapes recovery after hip fracture

  24-12-2025 02:43 via news-medical.net
  
  Older adults who live in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods spend significantly fewer days at home in the year after a fall-related hip fracture than those living in more affluent areas, according to a large national study published today in JAMA Network Open.
  
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• Many women suffer in silence from treatable pelvic floor conditions

  18-12-2025 03:16 via news-medical.net
  
  Many women assume pelvic floor health issues are simply their fate—part of having vaginal deliveries, getting older, gaining weight or entering menopause. Perhaps they have watched their mothers and grandmothers live with symptoms, such as urinary incontinence and pain.
  
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• Year in Review 2025

  16-12-2025 18:09 via physicaltherapy.med.ubc.ca
  Friends and Colleagues,As 2025 comes to a close, the Department of Physical Therapy is winding down our activities for the year and taking a moment to reflect on our successes and the road ahead.  We are partway through the development of our new strategic plan, and the level of engagement from the Department in that activity has been fantastic. I’m excited to see our priorities re-envisioned and mapped out when we launch our new plan in 2026.Although the education sector and provinci
  
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  16-12-2025 18:09 via physicaltherapy.med.ubc.ca
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• MPT-N graduate Katie Skinner returns home

  16-12-2025 00:58 via unbc.ca
  Hailing from Fort St. John, Katie Skinner, part of the latest graduating class of the UBC Master of Physical Therapy – North (MPT-N) program at UNBC, is preparing to return home to practice. Skinner will be joining Fort St. John Hospital’s acute care team, where she will work with a wide range of clinical populations.
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• UTHealth Houston researchers receive NIH grant for fetoscopic spina bifida repair study

  01-12-2025 13:49 via news-medical.net
  
  A five-year, $2.8 million grant was awarded to researchers at UTHealth Houston by the National Institutes of Health to evaluate the long-term effects on patients enrolled in the "Cryopreserved Human Umbilical Cord as a Meningeal Patch in Fetoscopic Spina Bifida Repair" trial.
  
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• Early treatment after head injury lowers long-term risk of Alzheimer’s disease

  26-11-2025 01:52 via news-medical.net
  
  Getting treatment within one week of a serious head injury can reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease by up to 41%, according to new research from Case Western Reserve University.
  
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• Protected: Program Completion 2025

  25-11-2025 17:42 via physicaltherapy.med.ubc.ca
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• Program Completion 2025

  25-11-2025 17:42 via physicaltherapy.med.ubc.ca
  Congratulations to the UBC Department of Physical Therapy Class of 2025!Huge congratulations to all our graduates who have successfully completed the demanding 26-month MPT program. We wish them all the very best as they start their exciting new careers!Meet a few of our graduates 
  Tina Ko“I learned that physiotherapy isn’t just about anatomy or techniques; it’s about communication, critical thinking, and adapting in fast-changing situations.”
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• Protected: Jenna Dolphin – MPT Graduation 2025

  25-11-2025 17:38 via physicaltherapy.med.ubc.ca
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• Jenna Dolphin – MPT Graduation 2025

  25-11-2025 17:38 via physicaltherapy.med.ubc.ca
  Jenna DolphinHometown: Langley, B.CMPT cohort: MPT Vancouver 
  What inspired you to pursue the Master of Physical Therapy (MPT) degree at UBC?From a young age, I witnessed the drastic impact that physical therapy had on myself and those around me. In my own life as a youth athlete and in the lives of family members and friends suffering from chronic health conditions, I saw physical therapists demonstrate the capability to help improve the lives of a broad range of individuals through a div
  
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• Tina Ko – MPT Graduation 2025

  25-11-2025 17:32 via physicaltherapy.med.ubc.ca
  Tina KoHometown: Burnaby, B.CMPT cohort: MPT VancouverConnect with Tina:LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tina-ko-bkin-mptInstagram: @tko_physio 
  What inspired you to pursue the Master of Physical Therapy (MPT) degree at UBC?I’ve always been drawn to understanding why the human body behaves the way it does—how its systems interact, adapt, and compensate. Movement has been a constant in my life; I grew up swimming, eventually became an Aquatics Supervisor, and I love hiking and camping
  
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• Intranasal nanomedicine shows promise against glioblastoma

  22-11-2025 16:00 via news-medical.net
  
  Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, along with collaborators at Northwestern University, have developed a noninvasive approach to treat one of the most aggressive and deadly brain cancers.
  
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• New trial to test extended tranexamic acid use for faster ACL surgery recovery

  22-11-2025 02:50 via news-medical.net
  
  A breakthrough could be coming in the way young people recover from surgery to reconstruct the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the knee, a common sports injury.
  
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• New robotic testing method reveals overlooked proprioception deficits after stroke

  18-11-2025 03:30 via news-medical.net
  
  A decade ago, at age 55, Don Lewis suffered a stroke in his sleep. When he woke up, he couldn't move his left arm or leg. Lewis' neighbor realized his truck hadn't moved in two days and called 911 for a welfare check. When paramedics found him, he was paralyzed on one side.
  
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• The Moslows' $4 million gift transforms women's health education and research

  06-11-2025 18:30 via news-medical.net
  
  When Linda Moslow, A16P, A18P, entered perimenopause in her early 40s, she was blindsided. "I'd always been healthy and grounded in wellness," she says. "Suddenly, I couldn't recognize myself." The months of anxiety, sleeplessness, and confusion that followed left her feeling unmoored until she found a team of doctors who helped her understand what was happening.
  
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• MRI-based computer models offer early insight into bone healing

  05-11-2025 01:42 via news-medical.net
  
  Healing a broken bone can take months, and knowing whether recovery is on track often takes just as long.
  
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• Three health tech innovators push boundaries to build a brighter future of cardiovascular care

  04-11-2025 17:51 via news-medical.net
  
  As digital health technologies gain momentum, research is finding that more people are open to artificial intelligence (AI) supported health interventions when those are backed by clinical expertise and rooted in evidence-based guidelines.
  
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• New WashU center aims to transform disease diagnosis through AI imaging

  04-11-2025 01:56 via news-medical.net
  
  Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is establishing a new center dedicated to developing AI-based imaging tools to improve the diagnosis and precision treatment of cancers, cardiovascular disease, neurological diseases and numerous other conditions.
  
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• Home exercise alone highly effective for meniscal tear and osteoarthritis pain, says study

  30-10-2025 05:47 via news-medical.net
  
  People with a meniscal tear and osteoarthritis prescribed home exercises with or without physical therapy reported substantial improvements in knee pain, according to a new study led by Mass General Brigham researchers.
  
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• So your insurance dropped your doctor. Now what?

  29-10-2025 11:39 via news-medical.net
  
  Last winter, Amber Wingler started getting a series of increasingly urgent messages from the local hospital in Columbia, Missouri, letting her know her family's health care might soon be upended.
  
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• Disruption of glial circadian rhythms linked to Alzheimer's disease progression

  23-10-2025 14:28 via news-medical.net
  
  Alzheimer's disease is notorious for scrambling patients' daily rhythms. Restless nights with little sleep and increased napping during the day are early indicators of disease onset, while sundowning, or confusion later in the day, is typical for later stages of the disease.
  
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• UC San Diego receives $6.2 million grant to establish REACH Center for Translational Science on Whole Person Health

  22-10-2025 19:40 via news-medical.net
  
  The University of California San Diego School of Medicine's Centers for Integrative Health has received a five-year, $6.2 million grant from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the REACH Center for Translational Science on Whole Person Health.
  
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• Epidural stimulation and physical rehabilitation can enhance recovery in spinal cord injury patients

  21-10-2025 20:53 via news-medical.net
  
  Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes paralysis in roughly one million people worldwide, with incident cases rising yearly.
  
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• Botulinum toxin injections could be a powerful tool for treating post-amputation pain

  21-10-2025 16:01 via news-medical.net
  
  Botulinum toxin injections provided greater short-term relief for phantom limb pain than standard medical and surgical care among Ukrainian war amputees, reports a new study led by Northwestern Medicine and Ukrainian physicians.
  
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• Mediterranean-style diets improve pelvic floor function and sexual health, review finds

  20-10-2025 03:46 via news-medical.net
  
  This systematic review and meta-analysis of 31 studies reveals that healthy, anti-inflammatory dietary patterns, particularly the Mediterranean and DASH diets, are linked to improved sexual function and reduced incontinence symptoms in pelvic floor dysfunction. However, prospective evidence for incontinence improvement remains limited, suggesting that benefits may be mediated by metabolic and inflammatory pathways, especially in individuals with obesity or metabolic syndrome.
  
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• Family conflict and peer pressure drive teen mental health risks

  17-10-2025 04:19 via news-medical.net
  
  A new study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis provides some answers.
  
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• WashU startup Prognosia acquired by Lunit to advance AI-based breast cancer prediction

  15-10-2025 04:22 via news-medical.net
  
  An innovative biotech startup founded by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has been acquired by Lunit, a leading company in developing AI-based technologies for cancer prevention and early detection.
  
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• Why brittle bones aren’t just a woman’s problem

  14-10-2025 13:00 via news-medical.net
  
  Ronald Klein was biking around his neighborhood in North Wales, Pennsylvania, in 2006 and tried to jump a curb. "But I was going too slow — I didn't have enough momentum," he recalled.
  
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• Peroxisomes identified as alternative heat producers in brown fat

  17-09-2025 18:25 via news-medical.net
  
  Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a novel way brown fat - an energy-burning form of fat - can rev the body's metabolic engine, consuming cellular fuel and producing heat in a way that improves metabolic health.
  
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• 2025 – Fall Info Sessions

  16-09-2025 17:56 via physicaltherapy.med.ubc.ca
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• Why are more older people dying after falls?

  15-09-2025 12:44 via news-medical.net
  
  For a while, walking the dog felt hazardous. Earl Vickers was accustomed to taking Molly, his shepherd-boxer-something-else mix, for strolls on the beach or around his neighborhood in Seaside, California. A few years ago, though, he started to experience problems staying upright.
  
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• Parents report life changing benefits of mobility assistance dogs for children with walking impairments

  14-09-2025 03:22 via news-medical.net
  
  Parents of children with variable levels of walking impairment perceive significant quality of life improvements in their children after six months of living with a mobility assistance dog, according to the first qualitative assessment of its type that provides important evidence in an area of growing therapeutic interest.
  
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• Acupuncture improves pain and function in older adults with chronic low back pain

  14-09-2025 02:52 via news-medical.net
  
  According to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), older Americans with chronic low back pain who received acupuncture had greater improvement in physical function and reduced pain than those who received usual medical care only, generally prescribed medications or physical therapy.
  
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• A surgical team was about to harvest this man’s organs — until his doctor intervened

  13-09-2025 03:39 via news-medical.net
  
  Lying on top of an operating room table with his chest exposed, Larry Black Jr. was moments away from having his organs harvested when a doctor ran breathlessly into the room.
  
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• Postpartum mothers more likely to be cured of hepatitis C with bedside treatment

  12-09-2025 04:02 via news-medical.net
  
  Hepatitis C, a bloodborne virus that damages the liver, can cause cirrhosis, liver cancer, liver failure and death if left untreated.
  
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• UBC expands two health profession programs to Vancouver Island

  07-09-2025 15:20 via physicaltherapy.med.ubc.ca
  This article has been modified from the original story on the UBC Faculty of Medicine website and the original BC Government press release.Students can now study physical therapy and speech-language pathology in VictoriaUBC physical therapy student Abby Goldschmid (left) demonstrates gait rehabilitation with speech-language pathology student Maddie Naswell (right) at Vancouver Island Technology Park.
  People on Vancouver Island can now train closer to home for careers in physical therapy and spee
  
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• Glutamate receptors found to drive pediatric brain tumor development

  02-09-2025 05:33 via news-medical.net
  
  The most common type of brain tumor in children, pilocytic astrocytoma (PA), accounts for about 15% of all pediatric brain tumors.
  
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• Gait retraining reduces pain and slows knee damage in osteoarthritis

  01-09-2025 21:17 via news-medical.net
  
  Nearly a quarter of people over the age of 40 experience painful osteoarthritis, making it a leading cause of disability in adults.
  
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• Cellular purging process may help injured cells revert to stem cell-like state more rapidly

  29-08-2025 06:16 via news-medical.net
  
  Now, a new study in mice led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Baylor College of Medicine reveals a previously unknown cellular purging process that may help injured cells revert to a stem cell-like state more rapidly.
  
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• Meet Tanisha Wilson, MPT-Victoria

  26-08-2025 17:27 via med.ubc.ca
  Being born and raised on Vancouver Island, I chose UBC because it would allow me to pursue a career that I’m passionate about while still remaining close to home. I was privileged to be accepted into UBC’s first Master of Physical Therapy (MPT) class in Victoria, which means I will experience the majority of my placements providing physical therapy services within my community.
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• Many people unaware that knee and groin pain could signal hip problems

  25-08-2025 15:13 via news-medical.net
  
  Having a hard time bending over to put your shoes on? Experiencing pain in the knees, groin, thigh or back? A new survey by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center reveals many people don't realize these symptoms can mean there's a problem in the hip.
  
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• Texas Children’s successfully treats AADC deficiency using FDA-approved gene therapy

  19-08-2025 16:33 via news-medical.net
  
  Texas Children's is pleased to announce that a three-year-old girl has been successfully treated with the first-ever FDA-approved gene therapy treatment for AADC deficiency.
  
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• New update to the 2023 AGS Beers Criteria highlights safer pharmacologic options for older adults

  18-08-2025 21:05 via news-medical.net
  
  The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) has released a landmark update to its list of alternatives to medications listed in the 2023 AGS Beers Criteria - the most widely adopted guidelines to help clinicians identify potentially inappropriate medications for older adults.
  
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• Health care groups aim to counter growing ‘national scandal’ of elder homelessness

  18-08-2025 12:34 via news-medical.net
  
  At age 82, Roberta Rabinovitz realized she had no place to go. A widow, she had lost both her daughters to cancer, after living with one and then the other, nursing them until their deaths.
  
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• Leg movement variability provides reliable marker of dystonia in pediatric cerebral palsy

  14-08-2025 23:34 via news-medical.net
  
  Cerebral palsy affects around one in 345 children in the U.S., and more than half of them experience a problem called dystonia - involuntary and often painful muscle contractions, most commonly in the legs, that lead to abnormal movement and postures and make regular activities such as walking difficult.
  
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• New research explores foot positioning to treat knee osteoarthritis

  13-08-2025 08:06 via news-medical.net
  
  Gait analysis and pain measures show that subtly adjusting the angle of the foot during walking may reduce knee pain caused by osteoarthritis. This approach may also slow progression of the condition, an uncurable disease in which the cartilage cushion inside a joint breaks down.
  
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• Personalized gait retraining reduces pain and slows knee damage in osteoarthritis

  13-08-2025 05:31 via news-medical.net
  
  Nearly a quarter of people over the age of 40 experience painful osteoarthritis, making it a leading cause of disability in adults.
  
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• A guide to finding insurance at 26‌

  11-08-2025 12:35 via news-medical.net
  
  It was supposed to be easier than this. When the Affordable Care Act was passed in March 2010, the goal was to help more Americans get health insurance. And, indeed, the establishment of online marketplaces and a broadening of the eligibility guidelines for Medicaid accomplished that.
  
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