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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By Dave Lieber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Dec. 10--From Afghanistan, U.S. Army Sgt. James Valenti of Mansfield wrote to The Watchdog. He is busy training Afghanistan's army and also goes on combat missions.
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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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BALKH, Afghanistan  - As Afghanistan struggles to cut its raging opium production, aid workers try to find alternative crops, but for some former poppy farmers the choice was easy -- they planted marijuana instead.
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Dr. Pramod Karan Sethi, inventor of a low-cost prosthetic foot that has helped millions of people in developing and war-torn countries, has died. He was 80.
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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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After days of trying to save grossly infected limbs, doctors have increasingly resorted to amputation, in the hope of saving lives.
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US troops injured in Iraq have required limb amputations at twice the rate of past wars, and as many as 20 percent have suffered head and neck injuries that may require a lifetime of care, according to new data giving the clearest picture yet of the severity of battlefield wounds.
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AURORA, Colo. - An amputee who discovered a burglar inside his home was shot while fighting him off with a crutch.  Roger Baxter survived the Tuesday incident after a cell phone apparently slowed a bullet to his chest. "I just got it programmed," Baxter said of the phone.
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Armed with miniaturized medical devices, surgeons bring advanced care to soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan just moments after they're hurt. By Randy Dotinga.
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Advances in treatment of horrific battlefield injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan that have saved the lives of many U.S. soldiers who would have died in previous wars may yield valuable techniques for treating civilian trauma victims, military doctors said.
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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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Scientists are developing an artificial vein for use in patients with circulation problems.
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By ANDREW DRAKE FORWARD OPERATING BASE ORGUN-E, Afghanistan - When the thunder of the power generators eases to a rumble, Spc. Brandon Begley heads for an echoing hangar on this U.S. outpost near the Pakistan border and sets up his electric organ.
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WASHINGTON -- A state-of-the-art rehabilitation center opening next year at Walter Reed Army Medical Center seeks to return more amputee soldiers to a place once thought impossible: the battlefield.
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Ten  percent of soldiers injured in Iraq have died from their war wounds, the lowest casualty fatality rate ever, thanks in large part to technological advances and the deployment of surgical SWAT teams at the front lines, an analysis to be published today has found.
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Ten percent of soldiers injured in Iraq have died from their war wounds, the lowest casualty fatality rate ever, thanks in large part to technological advances and the deployment of surgical