Kyla Culotti, a senior at Covington Community High School, is ready to move forward after receiving her new prosthetic leg this week. Culotti was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in December 2024.

When a devastating mining accident crushed Petros Letsoalo's leg in October 2024, he faced the life-changing reality of amputation. Driven by his love for his four-year-old daughter and supported by a ...

PANO - For the past two decades, wounded veteran Le Thanh Do has quietly and tirelessly devoted himself to a deeply ...

Changing lives, one step at a time, a Blacksburg nonprofit is working to provide prosthetics to soldiers and civilians in Ukraine who are now amputees due to the war with Russia.

However, Stearns observed that while a “plastic surgery look is always popular and people ... show featured a Paralympic ...

A new smart liner called Roliner lets amputees adjust prosthetic fit in real time via smartphone, easing pain and improving ...

To say nothing of the prices for imported prosthetics, which run from $800 to $1,000, a hefty sum in a West African nation where the GDP per capita is $2,200. His centre, which he named "A Leg 2 ...

When sport enthusiast Van Phillips lost his foot in a water-skiing accident, he decided to design a prosthetic leg that allowed him to keep running. In 1984, he made the first prosthetic running ...

To say nothing of the prices for imported prosthetics, which run from $800 to $1,000, a hefty sum in a West African nation where the GDP per capita is $2,200. His centre, which he named “A Leg 2 ...

Their home needs to be equipped to make it accessible for Kaylan, and dad Tom is set to undertake the Three Peaks Challenge to raise money for prosthetic legs and living and care costs the family ...

Historically, prosthetic limbs were rudimentary, focusing primarily on basic functionality rather than comfort or adaptability. Wooden peg legs and rigid artificial limbs were once the norm.

The new material, "Roliner," offers amputees the power to change the shape, volume, and stiffness of the liner that is used to attach a prosthetic limb's socket to a residual leg. Amputees could ...