News tagged with prosthetic legs
Flesh-eating disease victim gets prosthetic hands
(AP)—A woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease has been fitted with prosthetic hands.
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May 18, 2013 |
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Companies to donate prosthetic legs to Boston bombing victims in need
(HealthDay)—A coalition of manufacturers has pledged to provide new prosthetic legs for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings if their health insurance won't cover the full cost of the devices.
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May 01, 2013 |
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Soldier looks forward to driving with new arms (Update)
A U.S. soldier who lost all four limbs in a roadside bombing in Iraq says he's looking forward to driving and swimming with new arms after undergoing a double-arm transplant.
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Jan 29, 2013 |
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Rapid Rehab: Smart insole to correct walking abnormalities
(Medical Xpress)—Move over Nike Plus. University of Utah (the U) professor Stacy Bamberg, of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, is developing a shoe insole that can gather comparable data to Nike's ...
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Nov 09, 2012 |
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Man with bionic leg to climb Chicago skyscraper
(AP)—Zac Vawter considers himself a test pilot. After losing his right leg in a motorcycle accident, the 31-year-old software engineer signed up to become a research subject, helping to test a trailblazing ...
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Oct 31, 2012 |
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Malaysian hospital separates conjoined twins
Conjoined 15-month-old twins attached at the pelvis and sharing three legs were successfully separated at a Malaysian hospital in a complex 24-hour operation, reports said Saturday.
Surgery
Jul 28, 2012 |
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Bionic leg makes amputee faster on his feet
Craig Hutto considers himself part bionic man. In 2005, doctors amputated his leg after a shark attacked him during a fishing trip off the Florida Gulf Coast.
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Jan 24, 2012 |
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Ohio State surgeons rebuild pelvis of cancer patient
In a rare and medically remarkable operation, a multi-disciplinary team of surgeons at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute ...
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May 05, 2011 |
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