James Catchpole has one leg and has been asked about it for as long as he can remember. His wife has chronic pain, and their differing experiences inspired him to write a children's book. This is his ...

Alfie Phillips, who was born with fibular hemimelia, underwent the extramedullary femoral lengthening surgery in March 2025 ...

SEATTLE -- Children who have night terrors associated with restless leg syndrome appear amenable to treatment with ferritin supplements, researchers reported here at SLEEP 2015, the annual meeting of ...

For two local teens, returning to school last week was an achievement in itself. Both lost limbs in train accidents this summer. On June 7, Sienna Ward, 12, was playing around near tracks in Southwest ...

I’m lucky: When I hear the phrase “growing pains,” I think of Kirk Cameron, not night aches. I never suffered from growing pains as a child, and as far as I can tell, my 2-year-old doesn’t have them ...

Life in a wheelchair is not something to which able-bodied children are often exposed. Now, thanks to a program created by a physical therapist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, more than ...

From her hospital bed, an Indiana mother who lost both of her legs but saved her two children described the frightening moments when a tornado ripped through the family's home. "They're screaming, ...