A bionic knee that directly attaches to the thigh bone and uses implanted electrodes can make a prosthetic leg feel more like ...

Pop princess Taylor Swift 's perfectly curated world was blown to bits after the grisly discovery of human remains near her ...

A human rib discovered high in the Pyrenees suggests that someone survived a shot in the back several millennia ago.

For decades, above-the-knee amputees have had to live with stiff, uncomfortable prosthetics that felt more like rigid tools than natural limbs. As a result, climbing stairs, stepping over objects, or ...

Retired nurse and paramedic Charlene Kirby injured her femur in a fall while cleaning up her remote Colorado property on June ...

When 7-year-old pup Rosie took a tumble down the stairs during playtime, she was left limping and in pain as her worried family rushed to get help. "We immediately rushed her to the emergency vet," ...

I guess I am going to have to study anatomy more closely. In the meantime, I will rely on the overview provided by an old American spiritual: The leg bone's connected to the knee bone, The knee bone's ...

Fractures of the distal femur (the far end of the thigh bone just above the knee) are a considerable cause of morbidity. Various different surgical and non-surgical treatments have been used in the ...

A group of North Texas doctors and scientists printed part of a human femur — the longest and strongest bone in the body — that mimics the strength, flexibility and overall mechanics of a real femur.