It's the taking part that matters, so they say. And one New York City Marathon runner proved that with an unforgettable display of courage and determination. At 12:30 a.m., long after the other 58,999 ...

BEAVERTON, Ore. — On a rainy day in Mississippi when he was just 16 years old, Richard Browne's life changed forever. He was jumping out of the rain into the front doorway of a laundromat when his ...

A man from Malta lost his prosthetic leg during a cycling session, and a stranger ran over to return it and help him pull over safely. The moment drew praise online for the passerby's instinctive ...

A decade after Oscar Pistorius caused track-and-field officials to re-examine their rules regarding the use of prosthetic limbs at the Olympics, a high school amputee is running in open competition on ...

A former engineer who underwent a life-saving amputation has built his own prosthetic limb for swimming. Alex Young, 46, from Blandford, Dorset, developed osteomyelitis - a potentially deadly bone ...