Breaking your arm or wrist typically comes with another layer of misery: wearing a hot, itchy cast that makes showering tedious and swimming impossible. But in Singapore, patients at some hospitals ...

A groundbreaking medical procedure is helping an injured gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens. Gladys, an 11-year-old gorilla, broke her arm last month in a scuffle with her siblings, ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) -Veterinarians at the Cincinnati Zoo are keeping a close eye on Gladys. The 11-year-old gorilla is recovering from surgery with the help of a new one-of-a-kind cast. Gladys was in ...

Walking around with a regular gawky plaster cast is like wearing a cinder block that’s attached to you for a seemingly infinite amount of time. A 3D-printed osteroid cast has been developed to move ...

Could This 3-D Printed Cast Really Heal Bones Faster? A designer claims that his concept for a 3-D printed cast would shorten the bone-healing process nearly 40%. We ask hand surgeon Michael Hausman ...

11-year-old Gladys broke her arm in April during "a scuffle" with two of her siblings, the zoo said Erin Clack is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE. She has been writing about fashion, parenting and pop ...