In a talk Wednesday night on Mercer’s campus, Bhante Dam Phommasan spoke of the peace and mindfulness that helped him through ...

Buddhist monk Bhante Dam Phommasan, abbot at a Georgia temple who was badly injured during a peace walk last fall, took his first steps this week with a prosthetic leg.

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

When a person loses a leg above the knee, the nerves that once moved that leg don’t simply go quiet. They keep firing. The brain still sends signals down through what remains, still attempts to flex ...

Buddhist monk Dam Phommasan shares his message of peace in Macon after losing his leg during a cross country walk and receiving a prosthetic from a Mercer team.

Zoe Smith is a 10-year-old gymnast who many people find to be extraordinary because she competes with a prosthetic leg and regularly beats her able-bodied peers. To Zoe, though, this is old news. She ...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — A Delray Beach boxer refusing to let disability define him is celebrating a major victory and has a new belt to show for it. Julian Gonzalez, who was born with one leg and missing ...

In A Nutshell For the first time in humans, scientists decoded intended movements across all three joints of a missing leg, including knee, ankle, and toes, directly from nerve signals. Tiny electrode ...

A double-amputee Marine veteran with prosthetic legs was dealt a humiliating “blow” when a Delta flight crew forced him to move from an exit row seat – despite being built like a linebacker and ...

WADSWORTH, Ohio -- If you watch the freshman football team from Wadsworth High School, you'll see speed, contact and energy. You may also notice number 16, freshman Zach Patterson. He loves football ...

The use of brain computer interface has the potential to improve the daily lives of people with prosthetic limbs, according to research presented this week at the Association of Academic Physiatrists ...