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Kaitlyn Dobrow, 25, from southern California, was a fit, active 18-year-old when she caught bacterial meningitis. The terrifying illness caused her to lose more than half of her skin and required all four limbs to be amputated. On the night before she was admitted to hospital, Kaitlyn had a bad headache and spent the night with intense

Devices coated with a drug called paclitaxel that are used for widening blocked arteries in legs and feet are safe and not linked to an increase in deaths, according to a study of nearly 65,000 patients, published in the European Heart Journal today. In January 2019 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a

Thanks to Science, bionic robots made from fully prosthetic limbs are now possible. We’ve come long from a pure Sci-Fi standpoint in The Six Million Dollar Man to the present age where limbs can be replaced with fully-functional bionic ones. Kinesthesia/proprioception refers to the awareness of the brain to identify movement and positioning of one’s

‘Do whatever you have to do to save my life’: Man who lost ALL his limbs from infection caused by a dog lick speaks out about his ordeal – and says he still loves dogs WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Greg Manteufel, from West Bend, Wisconsin, began developing flu-like symptoms last month The 48-year-old went to the