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and central pain circuits have been studied, but the peripheral tactile drive has not been explored. Objective: Investigate the innervation of the skin in the rat plantar hindpaw skin–muscle incision model. Results: Incision increased epidermal thickness and cell layers and reduced intraepidermal nerve fibre density, identified with PGP9.5 immunostaining. Strikingly, Collagen IV immunostaining revealed the development of dermal protrusions, oriented towards the incision site, that w...

A new report reveals that Pennsylvanians with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) routinely receive inferior healthcare, facing longer wait times, inadequate provider training, and syste...

Lydia Smeltz joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Drs Susan M. Havercamp and Lisa Meeks: “Aspiring to Disability Consciousness in Health Professions Training.”

Even with the most expensive health care system in the world, health outcomes in the United States are low across many measures. What kind of changes need to happen in our care delivery system to…

There are over 12.8 million people who access their health care through a mix of Medicare and Medicaid funding. These individuals include a diverse group of people from across the disability community...