ROYSTON, Ga. - At 16 months, Bentley is one of the youngest amputees in physical therapy at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, but he is also one of the most determined. "He's ...

A Georgia sepsis survivor, Natalya Manhertz, defies odds, relearning to walk with prosthetics after a rare infection led to ...

With a new surgical intervention and neuroprosthetic interface, researchers restored a natural walking gait in people with amputations below the knee. Seven patients were able to walk faster, avoid ...

A surgery developed at MIT, called agonist-antagonist myoneural interface (AMI), connects muscle remnants from the shin and the calf to allow near-natural movement for those using an advanced ...

Most dogs her age are slowing down — but not Amira. The 13-year-old senior street dog was rescued from Thailand after surviving a shooting that nearly ended her life. Rescued after a decade on the ...

A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. NEW. THIS MORNING WE’RE SHARING AN INSPIRATIONAL STORY OF SURVIVAL. A LOCAL TEEN WHO’S BEEN BATTLING SOME LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL CHALLENGES SAYS HER SPIRIT REMAINS UNBROKEN.

Stephanie Dunn, who at first introduction has the warm disposition and positivity of someone who has never had a bad day, will tell you that a life-threatening, flesh-eating infection in her foot and ...

A new surgical technique for below-the-knee amputations retains a person’s ability to receive sensory feedback from remaining muscles. Having a prosthetic leg driven by an amputee’s own nervous system ...

State-of-the-art prosthetic limbs can help people with amputations achieve a natural walking gait, but they don’t give the user full neural control over the limb. Instead, they rely on robotic sensors ...