Fargo and West Fargo knitters and crocheters hatch 'skein' to make soft, comfortable, washable and realistic breast prostheses to women who have had mastectomies. And they're entirely free. Beth ...

Beulah Chigbu, Crystal Chigbu's daughter and the one who inspired her to start the Irede Foundation, reads a book while wearing a leg prosthesis in her home in Lagos LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian mother ...

Thika, Kenya – Knitting was a childhood hobby of Mary Mwangi, a tall and talkative woman who runs a tailoring shop in Thika town in Kenya’s Kiambu County. But it was only in 2017, when she was ...

It is estimated that over 230,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. Treatment options typically include a lumpectomy (surgical removal of just the tumor) or total mastectomy ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Women who have undergone surgery for breast cancer will often need to address some cosmetic challenges in the aftermath. It may seem daunting but there are experts who can help ...

Every quarter, UC San Diego engineers Joshua Pelz and Luca De Vivo, as well as prosthetics specialist Herb Barrack, travel to Ensenada, Mexico, where they work with amputees to provide free, ...

My left arm extends all the way up to and just barely past my elbow, tapering into a small, fleshy stump. For prosthetists, I’ve always been a weird fit—that funny little kid in the office with my arm ...

Brenda Holup has a constant reminder of the 1982 tornado that ravaged Marion - a prosthesis she wears on her left leg, which was amputated above the knee. The leg is one of several she has had fitted ...

An interdisciplinary team of researchers has developed a human–machine interface that improves the prosthetic connection to the residual limb, making it more comfortable and reliably effective.