Robo-dad reporting for duty. An ex-Marine and father of one who lost an arm in Afghanistan got his power back — and then some — after receiving a custom-made, superhero-like prosthetic replacement ...

The number of artificial prosthetic replacement parts available for the human body is really quite impressive. From prosthetic eyes to artificial hips and knees, there are very few parts of the human ...

PALMDALE, Calif. (KABC) -- After Eyewitness News aired the story of a 4-year-old boy from Rancho Santa Margarita whose prosthetic leg was stolen, the public responded with an outpouring of support, ...

Limb replacements have become commonplace for humans who have lost a particular part of their body due to a condition or an accident. Through the years, scientists devise their plans of placing an ...

During a knee replacement or knee arthroplasty surgery, doctors replace the knee joint with an artificial knee. In many cases, an artificial knee joint will last the rest of a person’s life. During a ...

In the United States, approximately 185,000 people have an amputation each year, 507 people lose a limb each day, and 2.1 million people currently live with limb loss. By 2050, this number will reach ...

A press-fit radial head arthroplasty is a procedure that helps restore the function of the head of your radius bone, one of the long arm bones that connects your forearm to your elbow joint and allows ...

During your initial knee or hip replacement surgery, the prosthetic (artificial) components were either cemented (attached with bone cement) or hammered into the bone so they could eventually attach ...

Luke Skywalker losing his right hand may turn out to be a blessing in disguise for real-life amputees. Because at the stroke of Darth Vader's lightsaber, "The Empire Strikes Back's" grizzliest moment ...