CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts ‒ Leg amputations haven't changed much in a very long time. Civil War-era textbooks describing them look pretty similar to contemporary ones, said Dr. Matthew Carty, a staff ...

Phantom limb pain affects nearly 40 percent of amputees, often persisting despite medications and therapy. Reconstructive surgeon Shaun Mendenhall, MD, outlines why surgical techniques are now ...

After an amputation, some patients may feel pain in their residual limbs. Post-amputation pain, categorized as phantom pain or stump pain, can be a challenging condition to treat. Phantom pain is ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a voluntary recall of several cheeses from Twin Sisters Creamery in ...

An injured stray kitten will now live out her nine lives on three legs, thanks to life-saving surgery. The kitten, now named Baguette, was found on the streets of Lowell, Massachusetts, late last week ...

SAN FRANCISCO - April is Limb Loss Awareness Month. A first-ever two-part procedure known as osseointegration was piloted at the Veteran’s Affairs Health Care System in San Francisco. The procedure ...

Despite enormous progress in the past two decades, the intentional control of bionic prostheses remains a challenge and the ...

Nicole Grigorov developed sepsis after a tummy-tuck procedure in Costa Rica. Her friends and family want to bring her home to Ontario, but that's proving complicated.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - A 40-year-old mother in San Jose is recovering after contracting a bacterial infection from eating fish she cooked at home. After becoming severely ill, Laura Barajas had to have ...

• Antibiotics seem to reduce surgical site infections in people undergoing surgery to fix the lower limb arteries (peripheral arterial reconstruction of the lower limb).

BOSTON, Massachusetts (WCVB) — An injured stray kitten will now live out her nine lives on three legs, thanks to life-saving surgery. The kitten, now named Baguette, was found on the streets of Lowell ...