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The baby boom population will reach the ages of 46 to 64 by the year 2010 enlarging the proportion at risk of diseases causing amputation. By the year 2020 the number of people who have an amputation and are in need of prostheses will increase by 47% |
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IN THE NEWS...
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Latest Amputee Newswire 22/03/07
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02--03-07 Walter Reed Boss Resigns
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Secretary of the Army Francis Harvey resigned Friday in the wake of recent reports of substandard conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a key facility treating troops wounded in Iraq.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Harvey's resignation at the Pentagon, just a day after Harvey removed the hospital's commander, Maj. Gen. George Weightman, from his post.
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18-01-07 - A Grim Milestone: 500 Amputees
The giant transport planes unload their sad cargo at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, the first stop home for the most seriously injured Americans of the Iraq war. Arriving virtually every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday nights for the past four years, the parade of wounded warriors may be one of the most predictable events in an otherwise unruly conflict.
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23-10-06 - WARNER BROTHERS ACCUSED OF AMPUTEE EXPLOITATION
Executives at movie giant Warner Brothers have been accused of exploiting African amputees to garner publicity for new movie BLOOD DIAMOND.
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16/3/06 - Fastest Human, Under Construction
Prosthetics may zoom amputees past 'able bodied' sprinters.
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10/2/06 - track BK amputee Glenn Malmskog as he competes in his TransAtlantic Rowing Race in June
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1/11/05 956 new amputees created in the Pakistani Earthquake
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