A Utah family is hoping their insurance company will reconsider a recent decision that denied their daughter a “life-changing” new prosthetic. Remi Bateman, 9, was born without a hand below the elbow, ...

Team lead by Applied Physics Laboratory has come up with a prosthetic breakthrough, giving fine motor skills and sensory perception to amputees. Photos: Testing the prosthetic arm In a software-driven ...

With up to six fingers that can bend in multiple directions, the innovative tool could one day be used to carry out tasks in ...

SANTA FE, Argentina (Reuters) - A laboratory in the Argentine farm province of Santa Fe has developed what it calls the first prosthetic arm in Latin America to use sensors to respond to nerve ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 17-year-old in Virginia is making headlines for creating an affordable prosthetic arm that can be controlled by the mind.

MEDFORD TWP., New Jersey -- Sammy Salvano, 14, engineered a prosthetic hand for his friend, Ewan Kirby. Ewan is missing most of the fingers on one of his hands, so Sammy worked all summer on his ...

It is projected that there are more than 57 million amputees worldwide and only about 5 percent of them have access to prosthetic care and technology. Those that do have access to prostheses are often ...

I’M CAROL CLARK. IN A SPECIAL NEWS FOR YOUR HEALTH. FOR MANY GRADUATES, IT’S BEEN AN INTENSE FEW MONTHS OF FINAL PROJECTS AND REPORTS. BUT FOR ONE LOCAL STUDENT, THAT SENIOR PROJECT WAS A REAL LABOR ...