Read more amputation stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/20497/amputation.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:36:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73655/fingertip-amputations-force-maclaren-stroller-recall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA million models of the popular Maclaren brand of baby strollers were recalled today after the Consumer Product Safety Commission received reports that children’s fingertips were amputated by a hinge as strollers unfolded. Maclaren is offering free covers for the hinges on nine models sold at Target, Babies R Us...http://www.newser.com/story/73655/fingertip-amputations-force-maclaren-stroller-recall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 19:30:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69278/guard-tosses-bribe-less-boy-off-indian-train.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA guard tossed a teenage boy off a train in India apparently because the boy lacked the cash to bribe him, CNN reports. The 13-year-old, who reportedly couldn’t pay the bribe necessary to sell his wares on the train, had to have his leg amputated after the fall. The guard...http://www.newser.com/story/69278/guard-tosses-bribe-less-boy-off-indian-train.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 13 Sep 2009 10:02:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52455/shed-still-rather-have-the-arm-but-the-67m-will-help.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMillions of dollars and a landmark Supreme Court victory is great—"The fact that the justice system worked, it's pretty impressive"—but it's still no substitute for a right arm, musician Diana Levine tells the AP. Levine, whose arm was amputated in 2000 after she developed gangrene from a Wyeth...http://www.newser.com/story/52455/shed-still-rather-have-the-arm-but-the-67m-will-help.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Mar 2009 10:21:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48813/amputated-brazilian-model-dies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA top Brazilian model who underwent the amputation of her hands and feet in an attempt to save her from a life-threatening infection died early this morning, CNN reports. Marianna Bridi di Costa was hospitalized in early January for septicemia triggered by a urinary tract infection. Doctors originally believed Bridi...http://www.newser.com/story/48813/amputated-brazilian-model-dies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 24 Jan 2009 2:25:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44305/surgeon-amputates-using-texted-instructions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA volunteer surgeon in a Congolese war zone followed texted instructions to perform an amputation that saved a 16-year-old boy's life. The teen's badly injured and infected arm required that his collar bone and shoulder blade be immediately removed, but Dr. David Nott had never conducted such a procedure. He...http://www.newser.com/story/44305/surgeon-amputates-using-texted-instructions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Dec 2008 17:11:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38704/jaguars-player-paralyzed-loses-left-leg.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJacksonville Jaguar Richard Collier has lost a leg and is paralyzed below the waist from a shooting earlier this month, doctors said today. The third-year player suffered serious infections from 14 bullet wounds, but is close to recovery and going home. He is “very fortunate to have survived his injuries,...http://www.newser.com/story/38704/jaguars-player-paralyzed-loses-left-leg.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Sep 2008 19:20:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/16207/anti-smoking-poster-boy-still-lights-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew Yorkers have grown to know Skip Legault's face well from anti-smoking ads in the subway and on TV over the past few weeks. A smoker since he was eight, Legault has lost a leg to blood clots, suffered two heart attacks in his twenties, and had a debilitating stroke....http://www.newser.com/story/16207/anti-smoking-poster-boy-still-lights-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Jan 2008 19:26:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/16046/blade-runner-found-to-have-advantage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe double amputee who has petitioned to be included in this year's Olympic track and field events is likely to be denied his request today, the Guardian reports. A biomechanics expert concluded that the J-shaped carbon-fiber prosthetics South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius uses gives him an unfair advantage in stride...http://www.newser.com/story/16046/blade-runner-found-to-have-advantage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Jan 2008 9:00:00 CST