Alex Parra went viral for turning his prosthetic leg into a cat scratching post, giving his feline friend hilariously creative enrichment.

Sharon Jacks is now a double amputee after surgeons allegedly removed the wrong leg, even though her lawyer says the correct leg had been marked before the surgery ...

Faith Johnson spoke with TEMITOPE ADETUNJI about her experience as an amputee, returning to school after the amputation, discrimination, life with a prosthetic leg, and finding the confidence to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LaQuinta "Q" Hayes started having leg pain after being hit by a drunk driver in 2015. Doctors discovered she had a rare bone ...

UAE-based Lebanese amputee athlete Dareen Barbar made history in Dubai on Friday by breaking the Guinness World Record for the 'longest Samson's chair/static wall sit' on Friday. She had her left leg ...

Ever since Hugh Herr lost both his legs to a rock-climbing accident, he’s been on a quest to design replacement limbs that feel like the real thing. It’s now possible to engineer light-weight custom ...

I have been an above-knee amputee for over 50 years. For the first 30 years, my prosthesis was balsa wood with a simple mechanical knee. I fell a lot, could only walk at one fixed speed, would sweat ...

Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a machete until it cracked and fell. Balancing on his crutch, he reached to pick it up. But colleagues pulled the bamboo's other end, and he tumbled into the dense ...