CHICAGO — Vernita Jefferson is a grandmother, postal service retiree, mentor to amputees and, most recently, a tech pioneer. Jefferson, 73, a resident of Chicago'€™s Chatham neighborhood, became the ...

In the United States, approximately 185,000 people have an amputation each year, 507 people lose a limb each day, and 2.1 million people currently live with limb loss. By 2050, this number will reach ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Pittsburgh-based medtech company is poised to transform how amputees get fitted for prosthetic feet by enabling them to test ...

Chafing, blisters and sores are common problems for people fitted with an artificial limb. The artificial limb's fixed, rigid shape can't adapt to changes in a person's body, ultimately causing it to ...

STRATFORD -- Students from Colombia who designed prosthetic devices for amputee patients got some practical experience in fitting the artficial limbs to patients Wednesday. The students worked with ...

A company in Amman, Jordan is developing a smartphone app to help alleviate a tragically common problem — ill-fitting prosthetics. Project X won the incubator 1776’s Challenge Cup in Amman in the ...

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Amparo Prosthetics is set to demonstrate its cutting-edge Amparo System for the direct and comfortable fitting of below-knee prosthetic sockets at Arab Health 2025, one of ...

After losing a leg to injury or disease, women adjusting to life with a prosthetic limb face the same challenges as men, with perhaps one added complication: how to wear high-heels? A team of Johns ...

First it was a pair of green fists modeled after the Incredible Hulk’s. Then, Jordan Wilkes found two sets of razor-like Wolverine claws. He settled on a round plastic shield fit for Captain America.