Almost four million Americans use artificial limbs, the majority necessitated by amputation resulting from poor circulation caused by diabetes or atheroscleroses. Crude artificial limbs have been used since the earliest loss of an extremity; Greek...

An artificial limb is a type of prosthesis that replaces a missing extremity, such as arms and legs. The type of artificial limb used is determined largely by the extent of an amputation or loss and location of the missing extremity. Artificial limbs...

Many people who have artificial arms or legs find these devices clumsy and difficult to operate. What's missing is the ability to think about making a movement, then having that movement happen. Now, researchers from the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and their...

Sandia National Laboratories' Intelligent Systems and Robotics Center is using ultrasound scanning technology to develop a less-expensive, more accurate and less complicated way to fit patients with artificial limbs. The Sandia research is being performed in conjunction with the University of Texas Health Science...

Here's a bet there won't be any Beatles songs on the next "Dancing With the Stars." ABC announced Wednesday that Paul McCartney's estranged wife, Heather Mills, will be among the competitors.Mills will be the first contestant with an artificial limb to compete on the series,...

With a farewell speech tucked into the top of her sparkly costume, Heather Mills came prepared to be eliminated from "Dancing With the Stars" Tuesday."We knew we were going out," said the estranged Mrs. Paul McCartney when she learned her fate. "We were in the...