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 ...

The Eye Surgery Center of Hawaii demonstrated the success of its first retinal bionic implant this week, which restored some vision to a patient with retinal blindness. The Eye Surgery Center of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The options have been limited for people in need of an artificial limb, as the user must undergo nerve surgery for invasive implants. But now, there is another option - a bionic leg.

Phantom limb pain is a common problem for people who undergo amputation, and so is the ability to function even with a regular prosthetic, but a medical advance that sounds like it comes straight out ...

Hugh Herr, the director of an M.I.T. laboratory that pursues the “merging of body and machine,” grew up in a Mennonite family outside Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He and his brothers—he was the youngest ...

Eye Surgery Center of Hawaii performed the state's first bionic eye surgery. The patient underwent surgery for the bionic eye and nine months later is now able to see light. The patient is deaf and ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A 72-year-old Honolulu woman underwent a historic procedure Tuesday when surgeons partially restored her vision. After being blind for two years, the woman underwent a four ...

An operation to surgically implant a bionic hand prosthesis on a 45-year-old patient has been successfully completed at the American Medical Centre, giving him the chance to regain a functional upper ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. --A degenerative eye disease slowly robbed Roger Pontz of his vision. Diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa as a teenager, Pontz has been almost completely blind for years. Now, thanks ...

“Firefly Lane” star Katherine Heigl has shared that she is now “bionic” after undergoing major neck surgery. On Thursday, Heigl posted a photo sporting a neck brace and revealed that she had surgery ...

A 72-year-old woman in Hawaii, who was blinded by a hereditary eye disease two years ago, received a bionic eye implant last week that will partially restore her vision. She is the first person in ...