Sensors could personalize treatment after traumatic hand loss

Sensors that gather data on how people use a prosthesis versus a transplant in everyday life after a traumatic hand loss could help personalize treatment.

Eric Stann-Missouri • futurity
Jan. 19, 2022 ~5 min

Simple safety tips for trick-or-treating after Fauci greenlighted Halloween 2021

There’s no need to pull out the candy catapult this year, but a few reasonable precautions can keep COVID-19 transmissions in check.

Meg Sorg, Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing, Purdue University • conversation
Oct. 19, 2021 ~4 min


Yes, we should be keeping the healthier hand-washing habits we developed at the start of the pandemic

The risk of getting the coronavirus from a surface is low. But the frequent hand-washing from early in the pandemic is a good thing since most people weren’t washing their hands enough to begin with.

Melissa Hawkins, Professor of Public Health, American University • conversation
Oct. 19, 2021 ~7 min

The Future of Handshakes

VOA Learning English • voa
Aug. 15, 2021 ~5 min

A pediatric nurse explains the science of sneezing

People sneeze for many reasons and in many ways. One of them is to protect your airways from irritants and infectious disease.

Meg Sorg, Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing, Purdue University • conversation
June 28, 2021 ~6 min

A new understanding of how the human brain controls our hands – new research

We studied people's brains while they held tools correctly and incorrectly.

Stephanie Rossit, Lecturer in Psychology, University of East Anglia • conversation
May 10, 2021 ~6 min

Time to 'Get Your Hands Dirty'

VOA Learning English • voa
April 17, 2021 ~4 min

Five ways the pandemic surge in hand sanitisers may not be great news in the long term

During a raging pandemic it is obviously worthwhile to use hand sanitisers, particularly when we are unable to wash our hands. But we should minimise their use when cases drop.

Manal Mohammed, Lecturer, Medical Microbiology, University of Westminster • conversation
March 15, 2021 ~8 min


Fossil hand from ‘Ardi’ could clarify our evolution

The fossil hand of a 4.4 million-year-old skeleton could offer clues to how early humans moved and began to walk upright.

Keith Randall-Texas A&M • futurity
Feb. 25, 2021 ~5 min

Treatment may restore hand and arm control after spinal injury

A treatment that combines physical therapy and a noninvasive way to stimulate nerve cells helps people with spinal cord injuries use their hands and arms.

Sarah McQuate-Washington • futurity
Jan. 13, 2021 ~8 min

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