The bones would be broken and the feet mutilated. ... The pictures showing the realities of foot-binding under the Qing dynasty, who ruled from 1644 to 1912. Once their rule was over, ...

STOMACH-churning photographs have shown the agonising effects of the practice of foot binding. The horrific Chinese custom was first adopted 1,000 years ago among courtesans, after a Tang Dynasty e… ...

A human relative with diminutive bones dubbed Little Foot lived at the same time as "Lucy," another human relative, Australopithecus afarensis, researchers have found.

Foot binding originated in the Song dynasty during the 10th century as a status symbol and the most desirable brides possessed a 10cm-long (3.9 inch) foot, known as a “golden lotus”.

Mueller-Weiss syndrome is a rare disorder that affects the navicular bone in the foot. It’s mostly found in people ages 40-60, and it’s much more common in women.

A foot surgeon might actually have to replace your toe joints or even fuse bones together. "There are a lot more pins and hardware and plates, and the recovery is longer," Sutera says.

Ancient foot bones from a recently discovered pre-human species, which had opposable big toes like a gorilla's, could shed light on how the ancestors of humanity came to walk upright, researchers say.