Women who underwent the first face transplant in the U.S. in 2008 after her husband blasted her with a shotgun in a failed murder-suicide has died at the age of 57 Dr. Frank Papay announced Connie Culp’s death in a Thursday release She was 57, and her cause of death has not yet been released … Read more
A coronavirus patient saved from the brink of death by a double-lung transplant has made a full recovery from the deadly disease, according to doctors in Wuhan. The 65-year-old pensioner, named Cui Zhiqiang, was discharged by a hospital today – three months after he underwent the operation billed as ‘highly risky’ by surgeons. Mr Cui … Read more
Damaged lungs from a deceased donor are often too damaged to be transplanted into someone in need of the life-saving organ. But scientists have found a way to improve the state of lungs which are deemed too battered to be of any use. A host of scientists at both Columbia and Vanderbilt University channelled their inner … Read more
Amanda Kloots says husband Nick Cordero will likely need a double lung transplant to live the life ‘he would want’ in emotional Gayle King interview Amanda Kloots gave an emotional interview to Gayle King on CBS This Morning on Thursday, giving an update on her Broadway actor husband Nick Cordero Nick, 41, is currently fighting … Read more
He previously admitted that he wanted the cosmetic procedure as it’s part of being in ‘showbusiness’. Jimmy Carr, 47, left viewers stunned with his striking resemblance to Woody from Toy Story, as he removed his flat cap and unveiled his new hair transplant on Saturday night’s instalment of Save Our Summer. The comedian, who looked … Read more
Surgeons in Chicago have given a new set of lungs to a young woman with severe lung damage from the coronavirus. Only a few other COVID-19 survivors, in China and Europe, have received lung transplants. Doctors say the patient, a Hispanic woman in her 20s, was ‘pretty healthy’ before she caught coronavirus, although she’d been … Read more
A 12-year-old girl’s life has been saved by a heart transplant after she almost died from a rare disease. Kayleigh Llewellyn, from Seaham, County Durham, fell ill around three months ago when she woke up one morning for school struggling to breathe. Doctors diagnosed her with cardiomyopathy and, to the shock of Kayleigh’s parents, warned a … Read more
Cancer, asthma and organ transplant patients were dropped from the Government’s coronavirus shielding list in an abrupt text message, it emerged last night. Patients with various health conditions that raise their risk of dying from Covid-19 were told they had been removed from the scheme in the GOV.UK text. The message – which has caused … Read more
Mediterranean diet could help kidney transplant patients: Eating more fish and less red meat ‘cuts the risk of donor organs failing by 30%’ Third of patients who get a donor kidney lose function within a decade of the op But scientists say following the fish can help keep the organ healthier for longer Experts in … Read more