Being tall is a stature that many men have longed for and some are turning to leg lengthening surgery to enhance their looks, but the procedure has also come with controversy. "Impact x Nightline" ...

A novel surgical technique could dramatically improve walking for people with below-the-knee amputations and help them better control their prosthetics. A study published Monday in Nature Medicine ...

If the inner socket of a prosthetic leg doesn't conform to the contours of the user's leg stump, considerable pain and even skin ulcers may result. A new prosthesis should help keep that from ...

While prosthetics for people are constantly growing in sophistication, it’s less often we see inventors apply equal effort to animals. It was all the way back in 2016, for example, that Derby the dog ...

For amputees of color around the world, living with a limb or body part opposite to their natural skin tone is a daily reality. Their community has been largely ignored by an international prosthetics ...

SAN FRANCISCO - April is Limb Loss Awareness Month. A first-ever two-part procedure known as osseointegration was piloted at the Veteran’s Affairs Health Care System in San Francisco. The procedure ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) - A one-legged young stork is learning to walk on its new 3D-printed prosthesis after the bird injured itself while taking its first flight off a chimney. Veterinarians and workers ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Small steps taken beneath the hot Central American sun meant cleaning the house would no longer be the same challenge for the Guatemalan woman, as she tested out her prosthetic ...