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Sun-Sentinel Report: Untreated Bedsores Can Be ...

The Sun-Sentinel, based in Florida, reported the following: Untreated bedsores can be lethal.   Pressure ulcers can develop in as little as three hours as a result of sitting or...

Sun-Sentinel Report: Untreated Bedsores Can Be ...

The Sun-Sentinel, based in Florida, reported the following: Untreated bedsores can be lethal.   Pressure ulcers can develop in as little as three hours as a result of sitting or...

Are Wheelchair Cushions Like Razors?

Has anyone noticed that the number of blades on razors keep multiplying?  Is there a top end where the increasing number of blades no longer provides a better shave, or...

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Are Wheelchair Cushions Like Razors?

Has anyone noticed that the number of blades on razors keep multiplying?  Is there a top end where the increasing number of blades no longer provides a better shave, or...

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Hemodialysis can be a pain

A friend just mentioned to me that most hemodialysis patients sit still for 3-5 hours, 3 times a week, during their dialysis. That works out to about 350,000 Americans spending...

Hemodialysis can be a pain

A friend just mentioned to me that most hemodialysis patients sit still for 3-5 hours, 3 times a week, during their dialysis. That works out to about 350,000 Americans spending...

Seat cushion comfort

Scientific data show that fluid cushions, provided that they don't bottom out, have natural advantages in lowering  pressures than cushions made with foam, gel or air.  Data, schamta..., I was...

Seat cushion comfort

Scientific data show that fluid cushions, provided that they don't bottom out, have natural advantages in lowering  pressures than cushions made with foam, gel or air.  Data, schamta..., I was...