Heather Abbott rarely wore flats before she became one of the many people to lose a leg in the Boston Marathon bombings. She calls herself a "professional heel-wearer" and preferred heels that reached ...

Most people would find it unthinkable. But for Mariah Serrano, ­choosing to have her leg amputated seemed like the best option she had. Battling all her life with a painful and deformed foot, she now ...