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A nine-year-old boy has become the first patient to have pioneering leg-lengthening surgery in the UK. Alfie Phillips, from Northampton, has fibular hemimelia, a rare condition that affects fewer than ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Lindsey Vonn had a "successful" third surgery on her broken left leg following her downhill crash at the Olympics, the American skier said Wednesday. Vonn posted an update ...

Alfie Phillips, who was born with fibular hemimelia, underwent the extramedullary femoral lengthening surgery in March 2025 Press Association via AP Images A 9-year-old boy has become the first person ...

A woman whose prosthetic leg was swept out to sea said it was "just amazing" after it was found washed up on a beach in East Yorkshire 10 months later. Brenda Ogden, 69, lost her £2,000, custom-made ...

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Hours after her inspiring 2026 Olympics story came to a harrowing end, Lindsey Vonn quickly went under the knife at a hospital. After crashing 13 seconds into the women’s downhill race and being ...

D-dimer testing is useful for excluding venous thromboembolism (VTE), where a low D-dimer level helps exclude deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE).[1][1] However, elevated levels are ...

A woman in her 40s presented with progressive cognitive decline, expressive language difficulty and episodic confusion. Her initial symptoms were misattributed to psychiatric illness, and later to ...

VAIL, Colo. (AP) — American skier Lindsey Vonn says she nearly lost her left leg following a frightening crash in the women’s downhill at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Vonn shared in an Instagram post ...