Look, no one wants to lose a finger, but it happens more often than you'd think. And when it does, the stakes are naturally high, since fingers and thumbs are critical for nearly every task we do.

Toe transfer versus finger replantation: New data on patient-reported outcomes Amputations of the fingers and thumb are common injuries, affecting about 45,000 people per year in the United States ...

Medical Art Prosthetics today announced the launch of its new “flexing prosthetic finger,” a major advance in prosthetic finger design. With this new body-driven design, the prosthetic flexes almost ...

The human body today has many replaceable parts, ranging from artificial hearts to myoelectric feet. What makes this possible is not just complicated technology and delicate surgical procedures. It’s ...

Corny said perhaps Bianca could use a hold that could only be applied with a hand missing a finger.

The Canadian distributor of Maclaren umbrella strollers offered to help parents worried about their children, after finger amputations in the U.S. led to a recall of 1 million of the strollers.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (WJW) – About 70,000 lawn chairs are being recalled after two people suffered partial finger amputations while using them, the ...