Longform

  • Podcast
  • Best Of
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
    • 2014
    • 2013
    • 2012
  • Archive

    • Sections
    • Publications
    • Writers
    • Tags
  • Random Article
  • Contact

    • podcast@longform.org

Tags

Amputation

Best Article Health

The Black American Amputation Epidemic

Black patients were losing limbs at triple the rate of others. The doctor put up billboards in the Mississippi Delta. Amputation Prevention Institute, they read. He could save their limbs, if it wasn’t too late.

Lizzie Presser ProPublica May 2020 30min Permalink

Health

Life and Limb

Inside the Rio Grande Valley’s amputation crisis.

Sophie Novack Texas Observer Mar 2019 15min Permalink

Sports Health

Life and Limb

In order to keep running, Tom White cut off his own leg.

Bruce Barcott Runner's World Oct 2008 40min Permalink

Science Media

Life, After

Living without your left arm.

Miles O'Brien New York Jun 2014 10min Permalink

Science

This Is What It’s Like to Be at War With Your Body

One man’s quest to have a healthy leg amputated.

Anil Ananthaswamy Matter Nov 2012 30min Permalink