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October 3rd, 2008 University of Arizona Wildcats draw inspiration from amputee combat veteran...
Trevor Wikre was willing to forgo a finger for football...
The Anatomically Correct Testbed Hand has three fully actuated fingers that have the same biomechanical structure as the human hand...
Kasey now has one of only 300 arms like it, at no cost to him. It can do the same things his right arm can, just with a little added noise...
Space tech prosthetic leg helps to reach long-jump world record...
Prosthetic aids suppliers who submitted their tenders to Social Welfare Department to supply appliances for physically challenged persons have alleged favouritism in the allotment of contracts...
Kate was two years old when she lost her left hand. "I grew up on a farm and I just put my hand in a sausage machine. I used to think it would grow back."...
Alf Booth who had both legs amputated, is likely to get an electric wheelchair after all, even though he did not "fit the criteria" of his local health service...
Amputee uses life story to motivate parolees...
TV documentary depicts amputee Greg Westlake's life as a Sledhead...
Jesse Karmazin has two right feet, one for rowing and the other for walking...
Embracing the artificial limb with chip technology (video)...
Firefighter who took severed leg resigns...
Gel-based fingertips could give prosthetic hands a sense of touch...
Until Laura Mullen attended the Amputee Coalition of America’s summer camp, the 14-year-old had never met another kid with an amputation... | Cubs broadcaster Ron Santo feels that he’s closing in on everything he wants. He can imagine a cure for the diabetes that took both his legs...
Special guest, Steve Iorio, visits school for Terry Fox Run...
Some technology that has put pep in the step of amputees who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan is now helping civilians with multiple sclerosis, strokes, cerebral palsy and traumatic brain injuries...
Turkey updates it's Social Security- compensation is limited to 20 percent of the overall treatment cost and covers all types of needs, including prosthesis...
“I was 3 ½ hours from a hospital and by the time we made it there it was too late and they had to amputate my leg up above the knee,”...
Regenerating body parts: A “Magic” dust...
Man 'cut in two' finds strength to carry on - lost both of his legs in a train accident says 'life goes on’...
Bionics offers amputees freedom...
51-year-old man had part of his right arm cut off when he attempted to cross a railroad track by crawling under a rail car...
For quad-amputee, Yorke Mountford, becoming an Australian citizen was a simple gesture to the country he loves...
Amputee vets sail toward new recognition of capabilities...
"I can now feel my wrist and hand, so when I think 'Close the hand,' I actually feel a phantom hand closing," Rob Anderson said, as he tested the $85,000 prosthesis... |
October 1st, 2008 
After a month of use, Kevin Hollingshead still admires the lifelike appearance of his bionic hand...
Beverley Platts right leg was amputated as a result of the damage her 40-a-day habit and diabetes...
Amputee soldier, Anthony Makin, returns to war...
Amputee and Nobel Prize winner, Eric Cornell, to speak at Colorado State University...
Amputated leg, head injuries, 6 months in coma, Jamie Cook fights back from the brink...
One-legged conman's £22,000 marriage scam...
Allison Jones designed and built a device that anchors her right leg stump to her carbon-fiber bike, making her more efficient by significantly reducing wasted energy...
Amputation Surgery and Prosthetics paper from the The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery...
Winter the dolphin on CBS Early Show...
Castelamare Sr., who was once a military medic, is coming to grips with his amputation through his sense of humor...
Christopher Lawrence was in Iraq, when he lost his right leg in an explosion. Now, he’s on an epic bicycle trip on his road to recovery... | “...later we were shocked to discover he was still walking on a wooden leg made in an American Army hospital during the Korean War,”...
$750,000 for development of Robotic Prosthetic Alignment System...
India: Army gifts artificial leg...
Amputee bids for marathon glory...
Adrian Anantawan, a violinist born without a right arm...
David Falk is holding an open house for amputees to test out the latest technology, the C-Leg (video)...
Thulin was definitely on his game last week in Crown Isle Golf Club in Comox, where the prosthetics technician won the above-knee championship at the Canadian Amputee National Open...
Opening a Miracle League field for special-needs children and adults has been a dream of David Jones since 2006...
What has Nasa ever done for us?
Malaysia: For more than a year now, a retired police commando has been applying for a new prosthetic leg but to no avail...
Parking fine waived for one-legged driver... |
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September 24th, 2008 Webmasters review of his new Propio foot, first the downside...
TV show gives gator victim, Kasey Edwards high-tech prosthetic arm...
It is estimated that in India about 50,000 legs are amputated every year, almost 75 percent are potentially preventable...
Double amputee dies from 'preventable' infection...
Prosthetic leg problem leads to gas leak...
Artificial hands and fingertips that have the power of touch and can "instinctively" stop objects slipping from their grasp, have been developed...
Kottonmouth Kings raise over $3,000 for wounded soldiers of Ward 57...
The organizers of the 2008 AB Ellis Terry Fox Walk hope to break the $200,000 threshold with at least $14,000 of fundraising over the next few weeks...
Land mines took Afghan youth's legs but not his heart...
Speck pleads guilty in crash that severed man's legs...
Iraqi teen returned to USA to receive a second set of prosthetic legs at Yanke Bionics...
Ask Nick Hoot what's unique about him, and he says, “I've got lots of friends. That's about it.”...
Bionics offer mobility, strength to patients...
Junkie thief targeted woman with no legs because she couldn't chase him...
| Entrepreneur takes natural approach to protecting amputees’ limbs...
Sgt. John Jones lost both of his legs to a land mine in Iraq and thought his golfing days were over. Thanks in part club manufacturer PING, he was wrong...
A teen's new prosthetic legs are missing and if they're not found it could cost taxpayers $30,000...
A man awoke from surgery to discover that his penis was amputated...
How could anyone be that low? It's a question that has people shaking their heads, after someone stole Joseph Kopinski prosthetic legs...
Saul was devastated when he was told the injuries to one of his legs were so severe that it would have to be amputated...
Oprah lauds courage, tenacity of Monica Jorge...
Having only one hand has required Angela Schneider to develop ingenuity and determination. Not to mention a wicked sense of humor...
Hanger Orthopedic falls 12% on shareholder public offering...
Blade Runner eyes Commonwealth Games...
Taking the next step toward advanced artificial limbs - Worcester Polytechnic Institute to receive $1M for center for neuroprosthetics... |
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September 22nd, 2008 Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. announced the public offering of 2,500,000 shares of its common stock...
...man who chopped off wife’s hands after a domestic feud is charged with attempted murder...
One million dollars donated by Heather Mills to healthy food project... Heather Mills to star in documentary...
Rusul Jalal returns to Iraq next week anxious to show her family how well she is doing on her new prosthetic leg...
Kate Horan barely landed and she takes off again...
...then a bullet fired by the CRPF troopers hit him in the leg taking his leg, and with it, his dream...
Qantas wouldn't allow gold medalist Christine Wolf to take her prosthetic legs as carry-on luggage... | The story of Calob Leindecker and Mikey Hains is one that personifies the human spirit...
Arthur Youman was training for the Tulsa Run next year, which was difficult because of his prosthetic leg, but he felt fine...
Truman Duncan cut in two by train, "Life is good"...
Pieter van der Westhuizen, who lost both legs in a motorbike accident, was thrilled beyond words to meet his hero Oscar Pistorius...
One-legged driver in court for fatal '07 crash...
Farming "short-cut" costs Darwin McClughan his arm, now lectures others on safety...
How things work: Bionic arm...
Mark Inglis, mountaineer, author, winemaker, cyclist, motivational speaker and double amputee...
Quad amputee Van Zuidam runs 5-kilometer race, thrilled to be active after recovery from meningitis...
Ask Eric Byrd how it felt to walk into Tops Friendly Markets again, 10 months after surviving a car accident took his arm and nearly killed him, he pauses, searching for the right word. "Sweet"...
For Monica Jorge, the past year has been overwhelming: 37 surgeries, four limbs lost, a new baby, a wedding, and now an appearance on Oprah...
When opposing coaches watched film of Ringgold's football team, nothing appeared out of the ordinary. Not even starting right guard Billy Marnich's prosthetic left leg...
Bethany Hamilton: surfing single-handed... |
"Estimated number of mine survivor amputees living in developing countries: 300,000" Act Now September 19th, 2008 Doctors amputated the left leg of Northern State coach Don Meyer below the knee Friday morning...
Navy ship named for amputee diving pioneer Carl Brashear...
After inspiring others with her story, Lucy Dixon found her own person to look up to, in fellow amputee Sam Hallam...
$3.75M settlement for amputee...
Nuneaton amputee hero Ben's payout branded a disgrace...
A South Derbyshire firm has been fined £20,000 after a former worker lost her leg in an accident...
An Iraq War veteran and his team are leading a worldwide collaborative effort to refine prosthetic arms and hands...
After losing a limb, a return to the green...
Double amputee, Tony Christiansen, is standing for the Kiwi Party...
Limbless Association P & O Awards 2008 Nomination Forms - who will you nominate?
Brenda says once she gets her new leg she's determined to take part in a river to river bicycle ride covering some 500 miles...
“I might not be able to fall out of a plane, but I can still get on a bike”, is the determined attitude of quad-amputee fundraiser Ray Edwards...
| Judge: No early trial over Kaitlyn Lasitter severed feet...
Though an amputee, he led the first hunger strike in Igbobi...
Amputated arm doesn't stop lineman...
Joshua Hampel, 6, on the left, and Abigail Capannelli, 8, aren’t letting the fact that they are amputees stop them from being active...
Prosthetic parity bill introduced in Senate...
Chris Bretoi, rollerblading a marathon with a prosthetic leg in 1:39.15...
Hanger's latest haul: Three firms with $8.3 million in revenues...
Tensegrity Prosthetics Inc. has received a $750,000 grant to continue the redesign and manufacture of prototypes of a flexible prosthetic foot...
Gary Greenslade lost his leg in a motorbike accident has proved he has lofty ambitions, by climbing Britain’s tallest mountain... |
September 17th, 2008 Combine youthful enthusiasm for inventing with a personal need for a "better" prosthetic arm and hand and you get the Open Prosthetics Project... Open sourcing prosthetics, one amputee at a time...
Amputee veterans take to the course...
Amputee Tammy Duckworth on the short list to succeed Obama...
Promila Gulati left foot was amputated as it was completely destroyed in the Gaffar Market blasts...
Man turns dead brothers' prosthetic leg into ashtray...
Artificial ears provide real hearing improvement...
Make way for a one-legged Western Bulldogs supporter hopping with joy over his team's finals chance...
Discovery Health has been ordered to withdraw a television ad depicting an amputee wearing an expensive prosthetic leg which the medical scheme will not pay for...
Woman loses arm due to husbands drunk driving, pleads for his release...
Man helps amputee Idaho veteran Mitch Ehlke achieve a dream...
Bowman is the nation’s first (and only) double amputee to succesfully re-enlist in the Army following his injuries...
Ron Bachman has been named this year's inductee to the Energizer Battery Co.'s Keep Going Hall of Fame...
Supreme Court of Appeal has found that both a Metrorail guard, and Metrorail were negligent in the amputation of a man's foot...
Telus presents $11,000 cheque to War Amps Child Amputee Program...
Update: Carol Jean Decker tournament at Columbia Point raises $16,000...
Golfers gather to pay tribute to war hero Bader...
Amputee golfers do well at international tourney...
Man loses leg to train, but lives to kick heroin...
Ellie May strolls in for her first day of school after losing arms and legs to meningitis three years ago...
Group seeks to build an addition to a home for amputee Lindsay Aronson Ess...
More than $3,000 raised at Terry Fox Run... Cancer combated at Terry Fox Run...
Kiernan comes home -- on two (new) legs...
Amputee stabbed in lunchtime mugging in Brighton's busiest street...
| PARALYMPICS!! Beijing bids goodbye to the Paralympic Games... 
China's disabled optimistic after Paralympics success... Reigning champs unable to keep pace with hoopsters from Down Under... Mongolian will go home with honour for his country and new leg for himself... Elizabeth Stone wins her first medal, a silver in the 100 metre backstroke... For thousands of amputees who lost their limbs to the destructive May 12 earthquake, the Paralympics brought new hope... Australia`s Matthew Cowdrey grabbed his fifth gold medal... Natalie du Toit named winner of the great Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award... Natalie: "My goal now is to get to London and make top five in the Open Water (10 km swim)... Fanie Lombard: Dozen-medal man...  Meet Jessica Long, an American swimmer who won four gold medals in the Paralympics...
Jim Bob Bizzell took home two silver medals for the 200 and 400 meter races after less than a year of training on his prosthetic leg... Paralympics, brings together scores of experts from across the globe to repair broken wheelchairs and damaged artificial limbs... Heath Francis became Australia's answer to Usain Bolt after claiming his third gold medal of the Paralympic Games in the mens' amputee class 100m sprint... Melissa Stockwell: “I was drawn to swimming because I didn't have to wear a prosthetic to do it,”... Four medal winner, Sophie Pascoe does not remember the accident that took her leg, but she considers it the best thing that ever happened to her... Amputee Glasbrenner, from Paralympics to Ironman World Championship... April Holmes claims 100-meter gold by .01...
Jamie Andrew had his hands and feet amputated following an accident in the French Alps hopes his experiences inspire others to achieve their full potential...
Aaron Bluhm, 84, has new prosthesis for Hub on Wheels charity ride...
Stuart Watt, whose arm was ripped off when a car hit him, has been left frustrated after the driver escaped prison sentence...
Genes to the rescue: Growing new vessels may save limbs...
Girl's leg partially severed after hit by car...
Suzanne Aman prepares for her first prosthetic hand, after 15 years...
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Famous Amputees - more famous amputees - and the is list growing... September 15th, 2008 Ninth grader, Alex Galbraith, shows shades of Terry Fox...
Living with Land Mines exhibit opens today at Cape Breton University...
Man loses finger -- again...
...within three years he won the National Amputee Golf Association Championship in the Multiple Amputee Division...
Amputee, condo spar over leashes...
That he does all of this so matter-of-factly, however, is extraordinary. Noah wears a prosthetic leg; he lost it to cancer when he was five...
Prosthetic & Orthotic Care Inc. is expanding its presence in the St. Louis region by opening a Festus office...
 The Giants and coach Tom Coughlin (right) rallied around Iraqi war veteran Greg Gadson...
Bill Hartman lost arm, receives community support...
Three months in the hospital gave James Osborne time to reflect on the mistakes that cost him a limb and a friend his life...
Amputee expert steps up as war wounded return...
Joanne O'Riordan, quad amputee, fast texter, designed a magazine online and inspiring...
...although an estimated 2 million Americans are eligible to join their organization, few would willingly pay the price...
GOLDEN ARM: Out on a limb...
| PARALYMPICS!! Jim Bizzell admits that it will be difficult to beat Pistorius at the 2008 Paralympic Games but maintained he will be able to overcome Oscar in the future... Double amputee from Ireland, Darragh McDonald, wins a silver in 400m freestyle... Teenage amputee ballerina to continue dream... 
Matthew Cowdrey continues to amaze, netting his fourth gold of these Games and seventh medal... Greta Neimanas was born without an arm below her elbow but that hasn't stopped her from excelling in sports... Albor wins another Paralympics cycling silver medal... Du Toit powers way to fifth gold... Four years after he was suspended for a positive drug test, one-legged sprinter Earle Connor made it back to the Paralympics on Sunday to win gold in the men's 100 metre sprint... Joel Adams didn't think much of wheelchair basketball at first. "I thought it was lame," said the 16 years old, "I didn't think it was for me."... Pistorius takes 200 for second gold in Beijing...
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