Researchers have suspected two Egyptian artificial toes are the world's oldest known prosthetic body parts. A new study suggests that is the case: Volunteers without a big toe showed the prosthetics ...

BURNSVILLE, Minn – Sixteen-month-old Vincent Lynick zooms around his backyard pushing a toy lawnmower, unfazed by a prosthetic leg that helped him take his first true steps. "I think I cried when he ...

In a press release, Egyptologists at the University of Basel in Switzerland say they have been studying a 3,000-year-old wooden toe found in a necropolis near Luxor, formerly known as Thebes. The ...

For most of us, they’re a medical marvel, but for amputees or those born without body parts, prosthetics are a true lifeline. Incredibly, the very first prosthetic known to human history dates back ...

There’s no slowing down 7-year-old Logan Pieper. The first-grader at Shakopee Area Catholic School wrestles, skis, snowboards and rides motocross. And since the age of 2, he’s worn a prosthetic leg.