A Kenyan woman who survived breast cancer is knitting prostheses and training others to make them in a country where silicone ...

Supporters of the bill argue coverage for the additional prosthetics would allow participation in more physical activities, keeping users healthier and reducing long-term health care costs. Maggie ...

A quiet plant growing in water might not seem like the beginning of a medical innovation. Yet in a design lab at the University of the Philippines, that plant ...

The dental industry is undergoing a monumental shift. The transition from traditional, manual mold-making to high-precision digital workflows is no longer a luxury—it is a necessity for survival in a ...

The first time Angel Giuffria saw the logo on her bionic hand, she felt a sense of pride. She was born without the lower half of her left arm, and started wearing a prosthesis at six weeks old. Back ...

The new flexing prosthetic finger developed by Medical Art Prosthetics addresses this challenge with a unique body-driven articulation design: the prosthetic middle finger flexes and extends in tandem ...

Brenda Ogden is surprised that her £2,000 leg was found washed up on the Holderness coast on Monday.

Researchers have made significant strides in biomaterial technology and rehabilitation medicine. They've developed a novel approach to healing muscle injury by employing 'injectable tissue prosthesis' ...

Three new studies from Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) highlight the use and advantages of osseointegration (OI) for individuals with an amputation, in some instances challenging prevailing beliefs ...

NEW HAMPSHIRE – When 3-year-old Thomas "TJ" DeAngelo got to personalize his new running prosthesis, he picked an image of Lightning McQueen, the gregarious racecar from the “Cars” movie franchise.

Tampa General Hospital, Florida Orthopaedic Institute are the first in Florida to perform surgery using the Touch CMC prosthesis, an FDA-cleared implant for total joint replacement of the thumb ...