(CNN) — Amy Pietrafitta has learned to walk seven times. First was as a child and then after an industrial burn led to the amputation of her left leg in 2018. Since then, she’s had “first steps” in ...

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Researchers have developed a new type of surgery that reconnects severed muscles in a patient's residual limb after a below-the-knee amputation, enabling amputees to walk more naturally than those who ...

AI is entering the physical realm in a big way. Case in point: I spent Mother’s Day e-hiking with bionic leg boosters. I strapped my two-year-old in a hiking carrier, and went for a walk up a winding ...