Working Life is a monthly column in which Texans talk about their jobs. Mike Holt, who is 74, is an anaplastologist and owns ARTech Laboratory, a Midlothian workshop that creates custom silicone ...

Choosing a prosthesis requires a little work on the part of the wearer. Understanding options is not only helpful, but necessary. It’s that time again! Time for new prostheses! I’m excited. I never ...

After losing an ear to cancer, a patient received a silicone ear that looks remarkably real. A surgeon implanted three small metal posts in the side of the patient's head. Each post is fitted with a ...

The critic - whose jaw was removed in 2006 after a thyroid cancer battle - says it "will be a pleasant reminder of the person I was for 64 years." By THR Staff Roger Ebert says he will be wearing a ...

Can you spot the artificial appendage? This lifelike thumb prosthetic was custom designed by stamos + braun prothesenwerk gmbh. stamos + braun prothesenwerk gmbh — -- A German company has created ...

(JTA) — The rabbi who lost his finger in the April shooting attack on the Chabad of Poway in California has received a lifelike prosthetic finger. The silicone prosthetic is meant to help his hand ...