Dan Lasko swam an effortless freestyle, steadily gliding up and back Wednesday through a pool at the Nassau County Aquatic Center in East Meadow. When he finished, the Marine veteran popped his head ...

EAST MEADOW, Long Island (WPVI) -- He is a model of inspiration and determination, a Marine who lost a leg while serving in Afghanistan in 2004. In fact, 6% of injured veterans are amputees. Dan Lasko ...

For prosthetic legs to really allow amputees to regain their freedom of movement, they’ll need to be lightweight, mimic the natural mechanics of a human leg, and be self-powered and therefore ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Chinese amputee who earned the nickname “Iron Leg Man” has shared the designs of his customized high-tech prosthetic leg so that ...

Scientists have helped three amputees merge with their bionic prosthetic legs as they climb over various obstacles without having to look. The amputees report using and feeling their bionic leg as ...

Born with a rare birth defect, Brooks Raney had his leg amputated as a newborn, but that didn't slow him down. At 13 months, he began walking with a prosthetic leg something that would change the ...

Djurica Resanovic lost his leg in a motorbike accident several years ago which resulted in amputation above the knee. Thanks to novel neuroprosthetic leg technology, Resanovic was successfully merged ...