Mum forced to have arm amputated days after doctors 'mistook black hand for newspaper ink'

Lorraine Pettie, 52, realised that the fingers on her right hand were changing in colour back in October, with the mum ...
FOX 10 Phoenix

Valley Fever infection leads to man's arm amputation

A Phoenix man, Sergio Moreno Moran, required the amputation of his right arm after a wrist injury and subsequent surgery awakened a previously unknown, dormant case of Valley Fever in his body. The ...

Blemish on mum’s fingers was blamed on NEWSPAPER INK – days later her rotting arm was amputated… months later she died

DAYS before her arm was amputated, Lorraine Pettie noticed the tips of her fingers turning a purple colour. At first, the ...
USA Today

Spider monkey suffers bizarre injury after getting stuck at Florida zoo

A 10-month-old spider monkey at a Florida zoo had to have its arm amputated after it was involved in a freak accident. The incident occurred last week when Sully weaved his arm through mesh-style ...
Medical Xpress

Gone but not forgotten: New research shows the brain's map of the body remains unchanged after amputation

The brain holds a "map" of the body that remains unchanged even after a limb has been amputated, contrary to the prevailing view that it rearranges itself to compensate for the loss, according to new ...