The future is now for a South Carolina man who came to Raleigh for a new iBOT, a high-end wheelchair that climbs curbs, cruises over gravel and helps the owner rise up and look you in the eye. Loy ...

Dean Kamen is the first to admit it. “From the day it came out, and from that day forward, I’ve been known as the Segway guy,” the serial inventor tells Yahoo News, referring to the two-wheeled, ...

FIVE. AND NEW HAMPSHIRE VETERAN NOW HAS A TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED WHEELCHAIR THANKS TO SERVICE CREDIT UNION AND THE ROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION. IT WAS PRESENTED AS A SURPRISE DURING A CHARITY LAUNCH ...

Rep Jim Langevin never made it past the check-in counter for a recent flight out of Boston after the airline refused to let him bring his lithium-battery powered wheelchair onto the flight. For the ...

Megan Yekel demonstrates how she drives her iBot, a revolutionary piece of equipment for people who rely on a wheelchair for mobility. Don Carey/ The Times Leader Wilkes-Barre resident Megan Yekel, ...

PROVIDENCE — US Representative Jim Langevin had gotten all the travel arrangements settled and was at Logan Airport in plenty of time for his flight to Italy to visit American military bases in August ...

LONDONDERRY, N.H. (WHDH) - A New Hampshire veteran has been gifted some high-tech help in the form of an electric wheelchair that can climb stairs. Mike Moran, a 20 year veteran of the Air Force, has ...

Erieites are invited to a huge barbecue with rocker and harmonica player John Popper and other entertainment at Liberty Park next week. The Hero Days Golf Classic & Concert Night will raise money for ...

This article is adapted from STAT’s latest report, Decoding Medicare: 10 key coverage decisions and how they’re made. For years, patients and medical groups have advocated for Medicare to cover ...

Before the Segway made him famous, inventor Dean Kamen had already spent decades revolutionizing medical devices: infusion pumps, insulin pumps, stents, dialysis machines. Kamen's boldest idea, though ...

WASHINGTON -- Stairs are about to become less of an obstacle for some of the nation's 2 million wheelchair users. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a wheelchair that literally can ...