Jason Mast is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the science behind new medicines and the systems and people that decide whether that science ever reaches patients. You can reach Jason ...

The brain holds space for a missing limb, even years after it’s gone. For three women who underwent planned hand amputations, brain scans revealed remarkably durable maps of hand areas, lasting for ...

A rare circulatory problem required Emily Wheldon to have her left arm amputated three years ago. Her brain still thinks it's there. "Most days, it just feels like I've got my arm next to me," she ...

A brain-imaging study of people with amputated arms has upended a long-standing belief: that the brain’s map of the body reorganizes itself to compensate for missing body parts. Previous research had ...

New evidence counters the conventional wisdom that limb amputation leads to reorganization of the map the brain uses to track the body’s location. When researchers compared three patients before and ...

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Axolotls are known for their ability to grow back just about any body part that is bitten off by a predator, but the trigger for this regeneration was a mystery until now. It turns out that retinoic ...

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Phantom limb pain affects nearly 40 percent of amputees, often persisting despite medications and therapy. Reconstructive surgeon Shaun Mendenhall, MD, outlines why surgical techniques are now ...

JUSTICE, Ill. -- It's one thing to talk the talk, but Vikram Choudary walks the walk with his patients -- literally. And that includes strutting down the red carpet with his clients, all of whom have ...

The Advanced Limb Preservation Clinic at UAB will play a vital role in improving the lives of patients with complex, chronic conditions. Clinical Associate Professor Kyle Mauk, DPM, FACFAS, ABPM, who ...

A shocking new study has revealed that a condition that can lead to serious complications — such as limb amputation — is far more prevalent and deadly than previously believed. Researchers from ...