Genetic tweaks allowed early humans to stand, balance and walk on two legs instead of moving on all fours like other primates, according to researchers.

When we’re born, we rely completely on the adults around us to keep us safe. They’re the ones expected to notice when ...

Two small changes in human DNA may have played a big role in helping our ancestors walk upright, researchers say.

Rates of leg and foot amputations in Illinois hospitals increased 65% between 2016 and 2023, reports a new Northwestern ...

The study counted 30,834 amputation admissions from 193 Illinois hospitals, rising 65% over the eight-year period, with rates ...

After losing her leg in a 2014 bombing in eastern Congo, Wivine Kavira Mukata transformed her trauma into purpose by becoming an ortho-prosthetist, helping fellow amputees regain mobility and dignity.

From record-breaking 15-year-old debutant to Ballon d'Or contender. This is our story of following Lamine Yamal ...

I’ve been a personal trainer for more than two decades now, so I know that building up and maintaining strength, rather than ...

Such bitter reveries as these prevent me from submitting an unreservedly enthusiastic report on Virginia Woolf’s “Flush,” which Harcourt, Brace publish this week in a charming illustrated edition. If ...

"9-1-1: Nashville" star Isabelle Tate died over the weekend at the age of 23. "We are deeply saddened and completely ...

The Bethalto School Board held a special meeting on Tuesday to discuss the inquiry by the Illinois Attorney General’s Office into the board's possible violation of the Illinois Open Meetings Act at ...