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For the 1.5 million Americans ? most of them women ? who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, swollen, painful knuckles and wrists are part of daily life. But a team of Cornell undergraduates has a solution: a line of anti-inflammatory jewelry to make such chronic aches and swelling a thing of the past.
The idea for these bracelets, rings and midi-rings, made of a heat-absorbent textile that reduces joint swelling and inflammation, are four students? final project in their Textiles, Apparel and Innovation course in the Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design. Taught by associate professor Juan Hinestroza in the College of Human Ecology, the course requires students to develop product ideas ? with feedback from local citizens ? for functional apparel to help the elderly and other populations living with the daily discomfort of diabetes and arthritis.
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/12/jewelry-socks-ease-diabetes-and-arthritis-pain
The idea for these bracelets, rings and midi-rings, made of a heat-absorbent textile that reduces joint swelling and inflammation, are four students? final project in their Textiles, Apparel and Innovation course in the Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design. Taught by associate professor Juan Hinestroza in the College of Human Ecology, the course requires students to develop product ideas ? with feedback from local citizens ? for functional apparel to help the elderly and other populations living with the daily discomfort of diabetes and arthritis.
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/12/jewelry-socks-ease-diabetes-and-arthritis-pain