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Life after limb loss is not a side story.

Reporting, real-world guides, and a little useful mischief for amputees, limb-different people, and everyone in their corner.

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A person with a below-knee prosthesis walking along a waterfront path — Real life has more texture than a before-and-after.

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Systems & access

EMU's Dale Berry O&P scholarship grows by 250 percent — and that connects to whether care exists in your area

The Eastern Michigan University Foundation has increased the Dale Berry Orthotics and Prosthetics Endowed Scholarship by 250 percent. The number matters less than what it points toward: a workforce pipeline that shapes whether prosthetic care is available at all.

Systems & access

UNIDO picks a Nigerian 3D-printed prosthetics startup. What institutional backing actually does—and doesn't—for access.

The UN's industrial development agency selected IfeanHealth for Nigeria's 3D-printed prosthetics innovation programme. The selection is meaningful. So is the distance between a programme announcement and a fitted device on a person's body.

Systems & access

NAAOP convenes on transitions of care for Medicare amputees — what that conversation is really about

The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics held an informational luncheon August 5 on care transitions for Medicare beneficiaries after amputation. The meeting points directly at one of the most persistent gaps in how the system actually works.

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