Look, no one wants to lose a finger, but it happens more often than you'd think. And when it does, the stakes are naturally high, since fingers and thumbs are critical for nearly every task we do.

(RTTNews) - Generac has reissued a recall of over 325,000 of its portable generators after 24 finger amputations and five finger-crushing incidents were reported. According to Consumer Product Safety ...

Igloo coolers sold at Costco, Target, Dick’s and Amazon have been recalled. The coolers can cause severe injuries to fingertips. Igloo has recalled more than 1 million of its coolers sold across the U ...

WAUKESHA, Wis. — Generac Power Systems on Thursday re-announced its August 2021 recall of more than 325,000 portable generators after 24 finger amputations and five finger-crushing incidents were ...

WAUKESHA, Wis. — More than 300,000 portable generators are being recalled over amputation and crushing risks. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the recall involves 6500-watt and 8000-watt ...

A trio of researchers at Simon Fraser University in Canada theorizes that ritualistic finger amputation during the Upper Paleolithic explains the number of missing fingers in depictions from that time ...

The human body today has many replaceable parts, ranging from artificial hearts to myoelectric feet. What makes this possible is not just complicated technology and delicate surgical procedures. It’s ...

Khristopher J. Brooks is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch. He previously worked as a reporter for the Omaha World-Herald, Newsday and the Florida Times-Union. His reporting primarily focuses on the U.S.

What would it take for you to chop off the tip of your finger? Looking into the missing fingertips exhibited in hundreds of prehistoric handprints along the walls of Western European cave sites, ...

LOS ANGELES Maverick Burnham, a 21-month-old from Costa Mesa, loves to play with bubbles, but don't ask him to try to catch any. His left hand sports a large, heavy cast which is the result of a ...

The implementation of amputation sentences, however, has been rare in the past 40 years. “If the Islamic Republic of Iran continues to conduct amputations four decades after the punishment was ...