In the United States, approximately 185,000 people have an amputation each year, 507 people lose a limb each day, and 2.1 million people currently live with limb loss. By 2050, this number will reach ...

SAN ANTONIO -- Kirk Simendinger doesn't use a computer or high-tech tools when he designs a prosthetic device. Making a prosthesis that fits well is as much art as science, he said. Simendinger first ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- After losing both legs in a crash Vidal Lopez was told he would never walk again. But a prosthetist in northwest Indiana changed that outlook. A few months ago the 19-year-old didn't ...

NAME: Eric Shoemaker TITLE: Certified prosthetist orthotist COMPANY: Ability Prosthetics and Orthotics in Hampden Twp., Gettysburg and York YEARS IN FIELD: 13 Q: What does a prosthetist do? A: ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HINES, Ill — A local veteran who lost the ...

SANTA ANA, CALIF. - The doctors had fitted 100 desperately poor people with artificial limbs in El Salvador. It was supposed to be the gift of a lifetime for the victims who were ravaged by the civil ...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, May 29, 2013 -- A Brooke Army Medical Center employee received a top Army honor last week for his innovation and dedication to caring for wounded ...

Join medical resident Siobhan Deshauer, MD, as she shadows a prosthetic resident. Learn how prosthetics are made and meet Wayne, who had a below-knee amputation following a workplace accident.

Canadian prosthetist Kees Beek shares the joy of helping amputees reintegrate into the mainstream “The opportunity for job satisfaction in my profession is there virtually every day,” says Canadian ...

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