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Engineers design prosthetic to suit high-heel wearers

BALTIMORE – Angela Manning lost her left leg to diabetic vascular disease but it didn’t stop her from wearing chunky, colorful, attention-grabbing high heels. “I just ordered five pairs … and they are ...
Philadelphia Tribune

Johns Hopkins students create high-heeled prosthetic

BALTIMORE — Angela Manning lost her left leg to diabetic vascular disease. But it didn’t stop her from wearing chunky, colorful, attention-grabbing high heels. “I just ordered five pairs... and they ...
Yahoo

Model, 28, with Limb Difference Carries Her Prosthetic Legs in Public After Years Feeling 'Ashamed' (Exclusive)

Lyric Mariah has two prosthetic legs — one named Bertha, for sneakers, and the other, Tina, for high heels — and they’re taking the Internet by storm. Now a model in London, Mariah has amassed more ...
KRDO

This Boston Marathon bombing survivor is on a mission to give fellow amputees the prosthetic legs insurance won’t cover

When runners cross the finish line during Monday’s 125th Boston Marathon, Heather Abbott will be there cheering them on. For Abbott and her friends, catching a Red Sox game and walking through ...