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Christina Leitzel’s ‘Fun’ Prosthetic Eyes are Designed to Stand Out

alishpagda08@gmail.com2 months ago09 mins

As a maker of prosthetic eyes, Christina Leitzel was told as an apprentice to treat her craft much as an expert art forger would: create a perfect match of one of nature’s most intricate canvases. But just as there are many ways to lose an eye — to cancer or to a fall; to a…

For Many Returning Russian Veterans, a Long Road of Recovery Awaits

alishpagda08@gmail.com6 months ago015 mins

Aleksandr had only two weeks of training in Russia before being sent to the front lines in Ukraine in the summer of 2023. About a month later, he became an amputee. Learning to live without his right leg is taking much longer than two weeks. “There was a lot of pain at the beginning,” said…