A new prosthetic hand uses individually movable fingers to hold a credit card, use a keyboard and lift a heavy bag. Researchers bill it as the world's first commercially available prosthetic hand that can move each finger separately. The i-LIMB, made by the Scottish company Touch Bionics, is being tested at the Orthopedic University Hospital in Heidelberg, Germany. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A heart donated for transplant was beating inside a third owner last night. The donor heart was first given to a patient several weeks ago. But a week after the transplant, the patient died of unrelated causes. So surgeons removed the heart and transplanted it again. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Ohhhh, so that's what they mean! picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

In 1999, Kepner lost both hands and feet to a strep infection.
At the time, Kepner's daughter was only 3 years old. "She doesn't remember her dad any other way but this. We looked through pictures and we can't find one of him holding her hand. That's one thing she was looking forward to -- that she's going to be able to hold her dad's hand again." picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

One Cold Hand is for the city of Pittsburgh, and has been created to help the residents there through a rough and tragic time in their life: The Loss of A Glove.

Here you can submit found gloves, submit Lost alerts. Help reunite gloves with their loved ones. Now we need a One Cold Foot site. picked by muppetmaker 1 year ago

A pygmy hippo which started turning up his snout at food has been given a helping hand to start eating again. But the little animal was lured back to his trough under the watchful eye of Gloria, a hand puppet based on the star character in DreamWorks children's film Madagascar. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Self described Unusualist Raymond Crowe does some hand shadows. Deformed Rabbit this ain't. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

A leading French surgeon says he has now effectively carried out a full face transplant after two operations in the same number of weeks.

Professor Laurent Lantieri, who has performed three of the world's six partial face transplants, said every feature had now been transferred. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Papua New Guinea police have arrested a woman attempting to carry a dead baby in her hand luggage on an internal flight. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

I was on the internet, and suddenly felt a numbness in my right hand. The arrow on the screen stopped moving," says Jiang Ming.
"Then I found that my right hand was on the mouse pad, and blood was shooting out." picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

It seems, in many peoples' sex lives, that the hand job is to a CD Walkman what the blow job is to an iPod. It was great when you were in junior high, but then something new came around and you sort of forgot about it. picked by suebe 6 months ago

A 23-year-old Nepali man cut off his right hand after morning prayers and offered it to Kali, the Hindu goddess of power. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A video from President Obama's recent trip to Moscow shows clearly that a number of Russians who were offered President Obama's hand refused to shake it. Though Russian President Medvedev extended his own hand as cover to shake hands with those who refused to shake Obama's, the President's frustration is clearly evident after the second snub. picked by Bingo 5 months ago

A 10-year-old Mexican boy dreaded returning to school after Christmas break so much that he glued his hand to his bed. picked by muppet 2 years ago

Cool collection of artwork made by hand for hands....Gives new meaning to an amazing hand job. picked by deepcleanfun 2 years ago

There was a power cut last night while we were having dinner. ( Yeah :-( we still have power cuts here in bangalore ). Anyway, the moment we lit up the candles, our son got all excited and pestered me to show some wall shadows. A long time back, Henry Bursill had written a book, "Hand Shadows To Be Thrown Upon The Wall", which has been reproduced on many sites like the one above.Waiting ... read full post picked by sivainternet 3 years ago

A man who had just had his hand severed with a samurai sword punched his attacker in the face with the stump, a court heard yesterday.
He said that the victim did not notice that he had lost his hand, which, he said, must have been due to shock. picked by bingo 8 months ago

Anybody remember when George H W Bush tried to signal ‘peace’ during a visit to Australia in the 90s by giving a huge crowd the time-honoured two-fingered salute? Though he didn’t know it at the time, he was actually telling the whole crowd to go screw themselves. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

This is a video of 21 members of the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe performing the "Thousand Hand Bodhisattva" dance. Looks amazing! picked by shredtone 3 years ago

Emailed photo, once thought to be a hoax, showing the hand of a 21-week-old fetus, Samuel Alexander Armas, grasping the finger of a surgeon performing a prenatal operation turns out to be true. Scroll to bottom to view photo. picked by Neiako 3 years ago