Ever since Hugh Herr lost both his legs to a rock-climbing accident, he’s been on a quest to design replacement limbs that feel like the real thing. It’s now possible to engineer light-weight custom ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — For many amputees, the process of getting an additional prosthetic can be costly. One Michigan native, set out to bring awareness to that very issue. Nicole Ver Kuilen lost her ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A University of Michigan graduate is back in the Mitten State this week to raise awareness and funding for amputees. Nicole Ver Kuilen was just 10 years old when she lost ...

Researchers have developed a device enabling individuals with amputations to experience natural temperature sensations through their prosthetic limbs, adding a human touch to social interactions. The ...

Enabling a child who is physically disabled to participate in a sport they love is the quickest way to restore their damaged self-esteem. For a child who has either lost a leg or who was born without ...

The early removal of a leg was performed on a young hunter-gatherer. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. About 31,000 years ago, a ...

LVIV, Ukraine — The Superhumans Center is full of war amputees learning to walk on artificial limbs or smoking cigarettes clutched in prosthetic fingers. Yet this philanthropically supported hospital ...

A 31,000 year-old skeleton has been discovered to be the oldest case of a limb amputation ever found. According to a paper published on September 7 in the journal Nature, the skeleton was that of a ...

Last June, Kim McCoy, an ultrarunner and a nurse in New York City, was hit by a car during the 2020 Last Annual Heart of the South Road Race (HOTS), severely fracturing her right leg and forcing an ...