Even more research has just confirmed that squat lifting (knees bent and back straight) techniques are no safer than stoop lifting (knees straight and back bent) techniques when picking up heavy ...

People over the age of 50 who have difficulty lifting a bag of sugar are at risk of several potentially deadly diseases, warns new research. Older people who struggle to pick up an object weighing 5 ...

The new design could be adapted to assist the elderly, sort warehouse products, or unload heavy cargo. In the horticultural world, some vines are especially grabby. As they grow, the woody tendrils ...