CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts ‒ Leg amputations haven't changed much in a very long time. Civil War-era textbooks describing them look pretty similar to contemporary ones, said Dr. Matthew Carty, a staff ...

Early modern surgeons passionately debated where and how to cut the body to remove fingers, toes, arms and legs in ways medieval surgeons hadn’t. This was partly because they confronted two new ...

Humans are no longer the only species on Earth that can perform surgery to save lives. A new study says that certain species of ants can not only detect injuries in colony members but also decide ...

SAN FRANCISCO - April is Limb Loss Awareness Month. A first-ever two-part procedure known as osseointegration was piloted at the Veteran’s Affairs Health Care System in San Francisco. The procedure ...

An injured stray kitten will now live out her nine lives on three legs, thanks to life-saving surgery. The kitten, now named Baguette, was found on the streets of Lowell, Massachusetts, late last week ...

New research challenges the belief that older individuals are at higher risk for limb amputation due to peripheral artery disease (PAD). A study published in the American Heart Association’s journal ...

Lindsey Vonn credited her doctor with saving her leg from amputation in an Instagram video posted Monday, going in-depth on ...

BOSTON, Massachusetts (WCVB) — An injured stray kitten will now live out her nine lives on three legs, thanks to life-saving surgery. The kitten, now named Baguette, was found on the streets of Lowell ...