AN amputee has built his own prosthetic leg to save himself £35,000. Alex Young, 46, lost his right leg below the knee last ...

Ortho-prosthetist Wivine Kavira Mukata, 28, prepares the prosthesis mold for Ajuamungu Kikoba, 17, a patient who came to the Shirika la Umoja orthopedic center for a prosthesis change in Goma, North ...

Alex Young from Blandford, Dorset, developed osteomyelitis - a potentially deadly bone infection that caused him severe pain.

Paralympic track-and-field star and Lululemon ambassador Hunter Woodhall shares what his global travels are like wearing two prosthetic legs. For Travel + Leisure’s column Traveling As, we’re talking ...

Sensory feedback is important for amputees to be able to explore and interact with their environment. Now, researchers have developed a device that allows amputees to sense and respond to temperature ...

With two new legs to stand on, Dymtro Dimakrasnovskye put all his effort into making a single step. “The most difficult ever for me was to make that first step,” the 24-year-old, double-leg amputee ...

The young alpaca lost his leg last year but hasn’t let it slow him down. Cowboy was fitted at Friday’s appointment for his second prosthetic leg. Derek Smith, his owner and Co-Owner of Fleecy Friends ...

See photos of Papillion La Vista basketball player surprised with grant for prosthetic leg after cancer A tear rolls down Avery Krause after the Amputee Wellness Alliance surprised her with grant for ...

A Papillion La Vista High School student received a $5,000 scholarship from the Amputee Wellness Alliance to help her return to the basketball court.

EAST MEADOW, Long Island (WPVI) -- He is a model of inspiration and determination, a Marine who lost a leg while serving in Afghanistan in 2004. In fact, 6% of injured veterans are amputees. Dan Lasko ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses advances in prosthetic sensory feedback. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the ...