Kelvin Sierra lost his mother & brother to cancer, as well as one of his limbs. But he hasn't lost his spirit.

When a devastating mining accident crushed Petros Letsoalo's leg in October 2024, he faced the life-changing reality of ...

People in Ghana's rural and impoverished north can often get caught in a grim medical catch-22. With few up-to-date facilities, simple injuries can end in amputations -- leaving patients in need ...

East Carolina baseball player Parker Byrd, the first Division I baseball player to compete with a prosthetic leg, made some more history on Friday night. Byrd recorded his first career hit in the ...

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 ...

Eight-year-old Marynа Ponomariova from Kherson Oblast has become the first girl wearing an above-knee prosthesis to ski down a slope with a coach, setting a national record. Source: Okhmatdyt National ...

The latest advance in wearable robotic technology promises to solve a 200-year-old problem by revolutionizing the fit of prosthetic limbs, transforming the lives of millions of amputees worldwide.

Our soft tissues swell and shrink throughout the day, so a wearable that fits in the morning may not do so in the afternoon. A new adaptive lining for the sockets of prosthetic limbs was designed ...

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.

Trump has signed an executive order overhauling elections. Here’s what it means Pilot and 2 young daughters survive the night on airplane wing after crashing into icy Alaska lake 27 Kohl's ...

WEDNESDAY, March 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Chafing, blisters and sores are common problems for people fitted with an artificial limb. The artificial limb’s fixed, rigid shape can’t adapt to ...

The White Lotus is no stranger to full frontal male nudity. In fact, it's one of the only HBO shows to consistently showcase naked men almost as much as naked women. (Looking at you, Game of Thrones!