After losing his leg to bone cancer when he was 15 years old, runner Alex Parra learned he couldn't afford a specialized $35,000 prosthetic leg. To raise awareness about the high prices for prosthesis ...

After losing his leg to bone cancer when he was 15 years old, runner Alex Parra learned he couldn't afford a specialized $35,000 prosthetic leg. To raise awareness ...

Amy Pietrafitta has learned to walk seven times. First was as a child and then after an industrial burn led to the amputation of her left leg in 2018. Since then, she’s had “first steps” in prosthetic ...

Thanks to a neural interface, people can move this bionic limb naturally—just by thinking about it. When someone loses part of a leg, a prosthetic can make it easier to get around. But most ...

REHOBOTH, Mass. (WPRI) — Doug Mararian spent his career as a firefighter. He told 12 News he broke his leg back in 2001, when a hose line knocked him to the ground from the top of a fire truck. It ...

BEFORE HUGH Herr became a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he was a promising rock climber. But after being trapped in a blizzard during a climb at age 17, he lost both ...

A mind-controlled prosthetic feels more like a part of the wearer’s body and promises to make walking easier. When someone loses part of a leg, a prosthetic can make it easier to get around. But most ...

TAIZ, Yemen – Twelve-year-old Shaimaa Ali Ahmed waits patiently in the crammed waiting room of a prosthetics center in Taiz, Yemen, as children and soldiers with amputations squeeze by to get to their ...

COORDINATED EFFORT. TRULY, THE SEARCH IS ON FOR THESE PROSTHETICS. UNFORTUNATELY, IT’S LIKE FINDING A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK HERE. YOU KNOW THEY’RE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS SEARCH, THOUGH. THERE’S A WHOLE ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KHOU) - A fun day at the beach turned into a nightmare for one Texas family. Like most children, the family’s 9-year-old son couldn’t wait to get into the water. However, he ended up ...