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Tanzania faces surge in diabetes-related limb amputations
Excluding the 60 percent of elderly diabetic patients, the remaining 40 percent amputations result from birth defects and ...
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Future of prosthetics: Bionic hand 'knows' what it’s touching
A team of engineers has recently created a breakthrough prosthetic hand that can deftly handle everyday objects.
Central Coast dad thriving with prosthetics after limb amputation caused by sepsis
When a bout of flu gave Adam Smith the shakes, he laid down for a rest — when he “awoke” three weeks later it was to the ...
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More than 50,000 Ukrainians have lost limbs in conflict with Russia
Two years after losing a limb in one of the deadliest confrontations with Russian forces, Oleksandr Zozulyak is working at a ...
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Central Coast dad thriving with prosthetics after limb amputation caused by sepsis
They saved his life, but not his limbs, and now the quadruple amputee is learning to live again using prosthetics — and his own ingenuity. This week he met with one of the doctors who saved his ...
Mission possible − parastronaut programs can make space travel more inclusive and attainable for all
Additionally, NASA has research programs to develop functional aids for individuals with disabilities in current U.S. spacecraft. A functional aid is any device that improves someone’s independence, ...
"2 million dead by the end of the year": Ex-USAID chief says aid cuts will kill starving children
In the wake of USAID’s shuttering by billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, those familiar with USAID’s work have ...
This musculoskeletal robot looks like something straight out of a horror movie
The future of robotics is here—and it’s deeply unsettling. A startup called Clone Robotics has unveiled a muscle-powered robot that looks like it just crawled out of a sci-fi horror film.