Veterans from the Semper Fi Fund, a nonprofit that provides financial support to injured soldiers, visited survivors of the Boston bombings, providing hope and support. NBC’s Katy Tur reports. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the...

After losing her leg to cancer at the age of 16, Debbie felt that the prosthetics that were available up until she met with Prosthetic Laboratories of Rochester were ugly, heavy, and bulky leading to sores on her leg and her initial choice to go without a prosthesis.  Now with her new leg...

Cathy and EJ Skaife were inseparable. Married for 38 years, they spent all their free time together. Cathy was frequently seen on the back of EJ’s Harley-Davidson as they motored through their Wisconsin community. Returning home from a road trip on Mother’s Day 2008, they were...

Radio station founder and talk show host Wayne Eddy is never at a loss for words. Losing his leg to diabetes didn’t slow him down one bit either.  In fact, his sense of humor shines through in everything he does. You can listen to Wayne’s weekly show on KYMN...

Every year golfers hit the links with enthusiasm. Amputees are no exception. To prove the point, Prosthetic Laboratories regularly sponsors a Four-Legged Foursome amputee golf team. The team competed last week at the Team Schierl Companies Golf Classic in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. George Sairs...

High School athlete AJ Wroe has the opportunity of a lifetime tonight–throwing out the first pitch in a major league game. It is another step in a journey that no one wants to take.  AJ was diagnosed with osteogenetic sarcoma (bone cancer) last fall. As a result, he had his leg...

Yeah, we really did say that–because it’s TRUE! Just ask the young Rochester cancer survivor featured on the cover of this month’s MVP Magazine: http://www.mvpmagazinemn.com/issues/issue-june2012/ Visit our Facebook page to get your free Cancer Sucks bracelet...

He sure does. He also swims, climbs, rides bike and plays basketball and baseball. Not unusual for most 11-year-old boys. But then, most boys Ethan’s age have two of their own legs. Ethan lost part of his right leg to a rare form of bone cancer when he was six. Thanks to rotationplasty...

Dale is the first civilian in the United States to receive the ultra high-tech Michelangelo Hand by Otto Bock. He tested a protoype of the hand last summer and was fit with his very own Michelangelo Hand in Rochester on December 16, 2011. An active and practical man, Dale spent the last five...

Ever tried scaling a vertical wall using your hands and feet to grasp little ledges and outcroppings of rock? Imagine yourself 100 feet above the ground on a red rock cliff face in Nevada. Fast forward to a sheet of ice cascading down a rock wall in northern Minnesota. Got the picture? Clint...

Dale Feste, the first civilian to receive Otto Bock’s Michelangelo Hand, was the subject of Biloine Young’s February 29 feature article in Orthopedics This Week.  Although the device won’t be officially launched until May, Dale has been acting as a test subject for Otto...

Watch this heartwarming video with spunky nonagenarian Juanita! At 92, she loves life and climbs stairs better than many people with all-original body parts. She has a special place in her heart for her prosthetist, whom she refers to as “My Sara.” We think you rock,...