Emily Yu, a longtime Beijing-based lingerie designer, has devoted some five years to developing bras and prostheses for women ...

The founder of Ginger Ah, China's first lingerie brand to develop both bras and the artificial breasts, says they struggle to ...

For women who have had a mastectomy, crocheted knockers offer a softer, more comfortable alternative to silicone prostheses.

Emily Yu, founder of the lingerie brand Ginger Ah, has spent five years creating innovative bras and prostheses for post-mastectomy women in China. Her patented foam prosthesis addresses comfort and ...

Medicare Part D may help pay for prescribed drugs a doctor recommends before or after they fit or implant a prosthetic device. Medications may include antibiotics, pain relievers, and blood thinners.

Before she started wearing a prosthesis, Elliott recalls seeing people “double-take” when they ... “I didn’t look like me, and I didn’t feel like me,” she says. After her mastectomy, she felt that she ...

This problem results from nerve injury during the surgery. PMPS occurs in 20–30 percent of mastectomy patients. Symptoms include numbness, tingling, itching, and shooting or pricking chest or arm ...

The James Dyson Award, an international student design and engineering competition, opens for submissions to its 2025 program ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have come up with a better prosthetic hand that uses a hybrid design to carefully grip various objects with just the right amount of pressure. The robotic ...

They’re a crocheted alternative to traditional breast prosthesis that can mimic the look and feel of a natural breast. Chapin came up with the idea after a breast cancer diagnosis of her own in ...

A typical prosthesis shifts around in a bra and ... The issue became personal when Yu's best friend was diagnosed with breast cancer shortly after. The friend became Ginger Ah's first product ...