Afghan war amputees turn prosthesis pros
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Orthopedic specialist Najmuddin Helal has just one requirement for prospective recruits at Afghanistan's largest prosthetics workshop in Kabul.
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Ricoveri in ospedale Kabul limitati a chirurgia di guerra
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Some men with abnormally small penises gave a portion of their left arm so that surgeons could create a more normal-sized organ.
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As the insurgents in Iraq step up their attacks, the Army has increased the intensity of its training of battlefield medics. That has meant moving the training from classrooms to more realistic settings and teaching medics to keep fighting the enemy &#151; even if it means sometimes delaying treatment of the wounded.
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For years Walter Reed Army Medical Center has been the essential stop for injured and maimed soldiers. But a just-opened center in Texas is now the rehab facility to beat
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When Taliban forces attacked a police checkpoint in central Afghanistan under dark of night in late 2006, special-operations Master Sgt. Andrew Martin called in air support and then slapped a high-tech cloth-like device on his helmet for protection.
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Why  the Taleban have been able to stage a comeback in Afghanistan, by Paul Danahar with Bilal Sarwary.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- They carried surface-to-air missiles and armor-piercing bullets, but they wore plastic thong sandals and often died barefoot.
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As head of the Armyâs Institute of Surgical Research, Col. John Holcomb is working to change the way the military takes care of its wounded.
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NEW YORK  - Contrary to what has been shown  in other reports, Gulf War veterans and their spouses are not  at increased risk for peripheral neuropathy, a type of nerve  problem that often involves numbness and tingling in the arms  and legs, new research shows.
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The question of whether prosthetic limbs confer an advantage over able-bodied runners remains shrouded in confusion.
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Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua Bleill lost his legs when a bomb exploded under his Humvee while on patrol in Iraq. He has 32 pins in his hip and a 6-inch screw holding his pelvis together. He's starting to walk again with the help of prosthetic legs and Bluetooth -- the technology that usually brings to mind hands-free cell phones.
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As thousands more wounded troops return from Iraq and Afghanistan, occupational therapists are now caring for a new generation of soldiers, working to return them to civilian life or the military using a variety of rehabilitation programs.
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The military health-care system canât keep pace with the flood of battlefield casualties. Max Cleland--Vietnam vet, triple amputee, and former U.S. senator--on the roots of the crisis, and what needs to be done.
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. - George Perez lost his leg to a roadside bomb in Iraq more than a year ago, but despite the phantom pains that haunt him, he says he is determined to prove to the Army that he is no less of a man - and no less of a soldier...
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EDITORâS NOTE: This is one in an occasional series in October about the 160 members of Fort Wayneâs 221st Ordnance Company in Afghanistan.
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NEW YORK  - Some men with abnormally small  penises gave a portion of their left arm so that surgeons could  create a more normal-sized organ.