When Michael Adams was researching health insurance options last year, he had one very specific requirement: coverage for prosthetic limbs. Adams, 51, lost his right leg to cancer 40 years ago, and he ...

We all have a sense of ownership over our bodies, a feeling that our limbs are an undeniable part of us. This sense of embodiment is key to how we interact with the world. However, the innate sense of ...

Mice can develop a sense of embodiment of an artificial limb, similar to humans who participate in the rubber-hand illusion experiment, according to a study published in PLOS Biology by Luc Estebanez ...

A U.S. Army soldier is participating in a clinical trial at Walter Reed testing a neural-enabled prosthetic limb designed to ...

The milling, logging, farming, and railroad industries that made Minneapolis a prosperous town in the late nineteenth century also cost many men their limbs, if not their lives. In the 1880s and 1890s ...

If the Six Million Dollar Man had a sidekick, it would be one of these animals. April 22, 2014— -- If the Six Million Dollar Man had a pet sidekick, it would probably be one of these incredible ...

Paul McCullough served as the director of the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoner’s limb shop in 1952 and led prisoners in the production of various artificial limbs. McCullough noted that the ...

In a new leap for neurobiology and bioelectronics, Northwestern University scientists have developed a wireless device that uses light to send information directly to the brain—bypassing the body's ...

Advocates say it is discrimination and are arguing for "insurance fairness." This is a KFF Health News story. When Michael Adams was researching health insurance options in 2023, he had one very ...