Your legs may not seem all that smart, but they're pretty good at letting you walk without having to think about what you're doing. That hasn't been the case with artificial limbs, which have long ...

Advances such as telemedicine and the use of wireless devices in hospitals have become an accepted part of medical technology, but the notion of replacing limbs with computer-powered devices seems ...

As she awaited a bus on May 22, 2005, in Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay, Adriana Coffey's life changed in an instant: A drunken driver mowed her down, crushing her right leg and leaving amputation the only ...

David Brockman, a retired CalFire captain and avid outdoorsman, built a deck in the backyard of his home last year, without the use of his dominant right hand, which he lost in an accident. The ...

Leg driven by the nervous system helps people with amputation walk naturally READ MORE: Experts create a robot with a face made out of living skin tissue Scientists have developed a prosthetic leg ...

Technicians at A Step Ahead in Hicksville are now impregnating a silicone leg with fire-retardant compounds for an amputee firefighter. "We're going to really trick it out for him," said Erik Schaffer ...