LEEDS, England, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Australian swimmer Jessica Smith has had an uneasy relationship with prosthetics since a childhood accident, but her convictions are being challenged by a British ...

Phantom limb pain is a common problem for people who undergo amputation, and so is the ability to function even with a regular prosthetic, but a medical advance that sounds like it comes straight out ...

A UK startup called Open Bionics has just unveiled the world’s first wireless bionic arm, called Hero — and it’s so advanced that the hand can fully detach and amble about on its own, like the Addams ...

Three children are feeling pure joy this December about "the best Christmas present in the world." Ettie Baker, age 8, Zoey Hampton-Pigeon, age 8, and Finn Jarvis, age 11, were all given ...

A female US Army vet who nearly died in a grenade attack in Iraq has become the first in the world to be fitted with a new ‘hero’ bionic arm – inspired by Call of Duty. Danielle Green lost her left ...