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prosthesis stories: 7 news summaries

Fired Disabled Woman: Abercrombie a 'Sweatshop'

Brit won nearly $15K for wrongful dismissal

Aug 16, 09 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 22-year-old British student with a prosthetic arm who won nearly $15,000 in a discrimination lawsuit against Abercrombie & Fitch compares its working conditions to a sweatshop. “I found it disturbing,” Riam Dean tells the Daily Mail. “There were so many people in such a tiny... More »

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London • workplace discrimination • prosthesis • disability • harassment • Abercrombie & Fitch

(Newser) - A 48-year-old Thai elephant who stepped on a landmine 10 years ago got fitted for permanent artificial leg today, the AP reports. Motola, who's become a cause celebré for the plight of elephants worldwide, got measured for the new limb at an elephant hospital in Thailand. Until now she’s... More »

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Thailand • prosthesis • land mines • elephant

(Newser) - The London woman banished to the Abercrombie & Fitch stockroom because of her prosthetic arm has been awarded more $13,000 by an employment tribunal, the BBC reports. Riam Dean wore a cardigan to cover the joint between her prosthesis and her body, but the sweater clashed with the retailer’... More »

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London • workplace discrimination • discrimination • prosthesis • employment • disability • harassment • tribunal • Abercrombie & Fitch • disability rights • Riam Dean

New Robotic Arm Takes Cues From Brain

Improvements in field have given amputees dexterity, independence

Feb 11, 09 10:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Artificial limbs have come a long way from the wooden legs and plastic arms of old: Today's prosthetics take messages directly from the brain. Their performance far exceeds that of the previous generation of devices, which required concentrated effort to make ungainly motions. "You think, and then your muscles... More »

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medical breakthrough • biotechnology • prosthesis • robotic arm • amputees • prosthetics • artificial limb • biomedical engineering

Vets Pioneer
New Techniques for Limbs

Fusing metal with bone is helping cats and
dogs walk again

Aug 27, 07 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cutting-edge vets have developed new prosthetics for disabled animals that could bode well for human amputees, Time reports. The most exciting technique is called osseointegration—a procedure in which a porous prosthesis is inset into the bone, which then grows into the metallic holes, making a strong anchor onto... More »

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prosthesis • amputees • veterinarian • osseointegration • prosthetics • Iraq war • animal

Whew!
Mills Survives Week One

Beatles ex chats about Dancing With the Stars on just one good leg

Mar 29, 07 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Disabled Dancing With the Stars contestant and tabloid target Heather Mills (formerly Ms McCartney) says her one leg "turned to jelly" when she realized she was staying for another week on the show. Mills writes about her experience for USA Today, talking up her designated charities (Vegetarians International Voice... More »

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television • Heather Mills • Dancing with the Stars • tabloids • prosthesis • dance • Beatles

(Newser) - Heather Mills, amputee victim and Beatle ex-wife, tried to foxtrot her way into the hearts of Americans last night on Dancing with the Stars. Much maligned by the British press since her acrimonious split with Paul McCartney last May, Mills, whom LInda Stasi calls "the most loathed amputee... More »

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television • media • Heather Mills • Paul McCartney • Dancing with the Stars • dancing • tabloids • prosthesis • accident • prosthetics

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