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Now Student Losing Hands to Flesh-Eating Infection

But family is optimistic Aimee Copeland will live

(Newser) - The Georgia grad student who already lost her left leg to amputation will now lose her hands and her right foot to save her from a flesh-eating infection. Aimee Copeland's life turned into a nightmare after a zip-line cut her calf during a kayaking trip. Shortly afterward she was...

Pinned Logger Cuts Off Toes to Free Himself

Trailer fell on his foot in remote forest

(Newser) - When a trailer carrying six tons of machinery fell onto his right foot in a remote Colorado forest, John Hutt realized he didn't have 127 hours—or 127 minutes—to decide what to do. After cutting away his boot to survey the damage to his foot, the 61-year-old semi-retired...

Jury Chucks Man's Chopped Penis Lawsuit

Doc found life-threatening cancer during circumcision, did partial amputation

(Newser) - Yes, he sliced off part of a man’s penis—but he also saved the guy’s life, said a jury in an unusual Kentucky court battle. Philip Seaton, 64, sued Dr. John Patterson for “loss of service, love and affection" over a circumcision that took off more than...

Docs: Zsa Zsa Needs 2nd Leg Amputated

She refuses surgery, has '50-50 chance' of surviving one year

(Newser) - Zsa Zsa Gabor already lost one leg , and now doctors say they must amputate the remaining one. But the 94-year-old actress is refusing the surgery, her publicist says, and she will be released from the hospital today. She was admitted Wednesday after blood stopped flowing to her left leg; most...

Zsa Zsa Gabor to Lose Her Leg
Zsa Zsa Gabor
to Lose Her Leg
Jan 3, 2011 6:26 AM CST

Zsa Zsa Gabor to Lose Her Leg

Cancerous lesion turned gangrenous, says husband

(Newser) - Zsa Zsa Gabor is back in the hospital—this time to have her right leg amputated below the knee. The actress, who was in and out of the hospital last year after a fall that led to hip surgery , has a cancerous lesion on her leg that turned gangrenous, husband...

Iranian Chocolate Thief Will Lose Hand

Man convicted of robbery sentenced to amputation

(Newser) - An Iranian man convicted of robbing a candy store will have his hand cut off as punishment, reports the BBC , citing local media. Police found $900, gloves, and what the BBC describes as “a large amount of chocolate” in his car before arresting him. Typically, amputations are used as...

'Smell of Rotting Flesh' Led Man to Try to Amputate Arm

'Human spirit' is strong, says Jonathan Metz

(Newser) - After 12 hours of yelling for help after his arm became lodged in a furnace, Jonathan Metz started to consider the unthinkable. The 31-year-old, who became trapped last week after reaching for a fallen vacuum cleaner piece, had begun to smell rotting flesh and knew he had to take action....

Man Robbed of iPad Also Loses Finger

Thief pulling on shopping bag strips flesh off victim's pinky

(Newser) - A Colorado man picking up an iPad for a friend was robbed as he left the store—and the thief pulled so hard on the bag holding the gadget that the robbery victim also lost part of a finger. "He stripped the skin off my pinky and it went...

Quake Creates Generation of Amputees
 Quake Creates 
 Generation 
 of Amputees 
HAITI AFTERMATH
Jan 28, 2010 8:53 PM CST

Quake Creates Generation of Amputees

Many lose limbs because doctors can't treat injuries fast enough

(Newser) - Among the most devastating long-term consequences of the Haiti earthquake will be the thousands of victims who’ve had to have limbs amputated—and while some saw limbs severed almost immediately, many cases result from the inability of medical personnel to keep up with the volume of injuries. “This...

Fingertip Amputations Force Maclaren Stroller Recall

Company offers hinge covers on 1M models

(Newser) - A million models of the popular Maclaren brand of baby strollers were recalled today after the Consumer Product Safety Commission received reports that children’s fingertips were amputated by a hinge as strollers unfolded. Maclaren is offering free covers for the hinges on nine models sold at Target, Babies R...

Guard Tosses Bribe-less Boy Off Indian Train

Teen who lacked cash loses a leg in fall, officer charged

(Newser) - A guard tossed a teenage boy off a train in India apparently because the boy lacked the cash to bribe him, CNN reports. The 13-year-old, who reportedly couldn’t pay the bribe necessary to sell his wares on the train, had to have his leg amputated after the fall. The...

She'd Still Rather Have the Arm, But the $6.7M Will Help

$6.7m award will make life easier, but is no substitute for arm lost in botched injection

(Newser) - Millions of dollars and a landmark Supreme Court victory is great—"The fact that the justice system worked, it's pretty impressive"—but it's still no substitute for a right arm, musician Diana Levine tells the AP. Levine, whose arm was amputated in 2000 after she developed gangrene from...

Amputated Brazilian Model Dies
Amputated Brazilian
Model Dies
UPDATED
Jan 24, 2009 2:25 AM CST

Amputated Brazilian Model Dies

Miss World finalist lost hands and feet after septicemia infection

(Newser) - A top Brazilian model who underwent the amputation of her hands and feet in an attempt to save her from a life-threatening infection died early this morning, CNN reports. Marianna Bridi di Costa was hospitalized in early January for septicemia triggered by a urinary tract infection. Doctors originally believed Bridi...

Surgeon Amputates Using Texted Instructions

Phone helps save Congolese teen

(Newser) - A volunteer surgeon in a Congolese war zone followed texted instructions to perform an amputation that saved a 16-year-old boy's life. The teen's badly injured and infected arm required that his collar bone and shoulder blade be immediately removed, but Dr. David Nott had never conducted such a procedure. He...

Jaguars Player Paralyzed, Loses Left Leg

Lineman suffered infections from 14 wounds in shooting

(Newser) - Jacksonville Jaguar Richard Collier has lost a leg and is paralyzed below the waist from a shooting earlier this month, doctors said today. The third-year player suffered serious infections from 14 bullet wounds, but is close to recovery and going home. He is “very fortunate to have survived his...

Anti-Smoking Poster Boy Still Lights Up

'I'm afraid to quit' despite amputation, heart attacks, stroke

(Newser) - New Yorkers have grown to know Skip Legault's face well from anti-smoking ads in the subway and on TV over the past few weeks. A smoker since he was eight, Legault has lost a leg to blood clots, suffered two heart attacks in his twenties, and had a debilitating stroke....

'Blade Runner' Found to Have Advantage

Amputee expected to be banned from Olympics after expert ruling

(Newser) - The double amputee who has petitioned to be included in this year's Olympic track and field events is likely to be denied his request today, the Guardian reports. A biomechanics expert concluded that the J-shaped carbon-fiber prosthetics South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius uses gives him an unfair advantage in stride...

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