Direct nervous system link promises more natural leg prostheses

A research team led by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, has, for the first time, successfully ...

Fat in muscle hastens limb loss, study shows

For decades, treatment of peripheral artery disease has focused almost exclusively on restoring blood flow. Now, new research ...
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Lindsey Vonn Says Her Leg Almost Had to Be Amputated After Horrific Crash at Olympics

The 41-year-old crashed at the 2026 Winter Olympics while competing with a “completely ruptured” ACL Lindsey Vonn/Instagram (2) Lindsey Vonn is expressing her gratitude amid adversity. The three-time ...
New York Post

Lindsey Vonn reveals how close she was to getting her leg amputated after frightening Olympics crash

The way Lindsey Vonn sees it, tearing her ACL may have been a blessing in disguise. For if she hadn’t suffered that injury roughly a week before her horrifying crash at the start of the 2026 Winter ...
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Lindsey Vonn reveals she nearly lost her leg and the doctor who saved it

VAIL, Colo. (AP) — American skier Lindsey Vonn says she nearly lost her left leg following a frightening crash in the women’s downhill at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Vonn shared in an Instagram post ...
The New York Times

Lindsey Vonn describes surgery that saved her leg from amputation after crash

Lindsey Vonn said it will take about a year for her surgically repaired left leg to heal. Christophe Pallot / Agence Zoom / Getty Images Lindsey Vonn said Monday that her left leg almost needed to be ...
BBC

I almost lost my leg after crash, says Vonn

Lindsey Vonn said she wished her Winter Olympics had ended differently Lindsey Vonn says she nearly lost her leg after a heavy crash at the Winter Olympics - and has thanked the doctor who saved her ...
The Guardian

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You review – Rose Byrne is tremendous as therapist in meltdown in pitch-black horror-comedy

Byrne delivers a barnstorming performance as a shrink – counselled by an impatient Conan O’Brien – being pushed to the edge by stress of parenting Here is a psychological horror-comedy of postnatal ...
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Astellas casts retina specialists as 'Partners in Protection' in Izervay HCP campaign

A new campaign for Astellas Pharma’s Izervay is aimed at opening retina specialists’ eyes to the unique role they play in their geographic atrophy (GA) patients’ lives. The “Partners in Protection” ...
Newsweek

Dachshund’s Leg Broken in Dog Fight, Internet Can’t Cope With Her Tiny Cast

A dachshund sporting a tiny cast on her broken leg after getting caught up in a dog fight has melted hearts across the internet. The adorable clip, posted by TikTok user @jiiiimenam, shows the young ...
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Cast of Civil War general's amputated leg on loan at Frederick museum

Today, the most interesting reminder of Daniel Sickles, a 19th-century Army general, might be his amputated leg bone, a cast of which is currently on loan at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine ...