It’s one thing if your cup runneth over. It’s another if it obstructeth your organs. Last year, doctors treated a woman in her 30s who presented with occasional pain in her side and abdomen, and blood in her urine. When it wasn’t immediately clear what was behind her symptoms, they ordered a CT scan. Her … Read more
Heart disease and stroke deaths are falling in the US — but there’s a quiet health threat that’s spreading fast and putting millions at risk. In fact, the problem has grown so widespread that the condition landed its own chapter in the American Heart Association’s 2026 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Update, released Wednesday. The … Read more
Chronic kidney disease has been named the ninth leading cause of global death. Record numbers of men and women are currently estimated to have reduced kidney function, according to new research following a study published in the journal The Lancet. Researchers at NYU Langone Health, the University of Glasgow, and the Institute for Health Metrics … Read more
A New Hampshire man is resuming dialysis after living with a gene-edited pig kidney for a record 271 days, doctors said Monday. His experience is helping researchers in their quest for animal-to-human transplants. Tim Andrews, 67, had the organ removed on Oct. 23 because its function was declining, according to Mass General Brigham. Tim Andrews, 67, had … Read more
This man got the ultimate Delta upgrade. Bruce Gamble spent much of his career as a consultant for car dealerships, flying in and out of Birmingham, Alabama. Gamble never imagined that the rapport he built with the Delta Airlines crew, like part-time staffer Jill Hickey, throughout the years would one day change his life. Gamble … Read more
Singer Freddie Jackson revealed he has been diagnosed with kidney disease. The 67-year-old behind hits such as 1985’s “You Are My Lady” shared the news with his fans on his social media channels. “After a lot of thought and reflection, I’ve come to a point where I feel I’m ready to talk about a recent … Read more
Here’s another reason for a midlife crisis: Startling new research suggests that Gen X and millennial Americans are at higher risk of developing 17 cancers compared to older generations. American Cancer Society researchers calculated generational cancer rates based on 23.6 million cancer cases and 7.3 million cancer deaths from 2000 through 2019. Startling new research … Read more
A daughter who considers her mother to be “her hero” came to her mother’s rescue by giving her mother her kidney. “I was just one month short of retirement when I got sick,” 64-year-old New Yorker Theresa Bullicer told The Post. Bullicer, a mom of three and a grandmother of nine, worked as a nurse … Read more
Groundbreaking combined surgeries are giving a grandmother from New Jersey a new lease on life. On Wednesday, doctors from NYU Langone detailed the complex procedures, one of which involved a pig kidney transplant. The innovative technology could give hope to the thousands of people currently waiting on organ donor lists. Lisa Pisano, 54, didn’t have … Read more
Effectively transplanting an organ from an animal to a human may sound like something that could happen when pigs fly. However, 62-year-old Rick Slayman was sent home from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Wednesday, two weeks after having a successful organ transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney, according to a hospital press release. The … Read more
The world lost Puppy Bowl’s tiniest puppy to ever participate. Sweetpea — a Cavapoo breed, or a mix between a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and a poodle — weighed just 1.7 pounds at the time of the Puppy Bowl 2024, which aired on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 11. But the Puppy Bowl was filmed in … Read more
Marty Krofft, who created popular children’s television shows such as “H.R. Pufnstuf” and “The Bugaloos,” has died of kidney failure at the age of 86, his publicist Harlan Boll said on Saturday. Referred to as the “King of Saturday Mornings,” Krofft rose to prominence for his work on “The Banana Splits Adventure Hour” before starting … Read more
They say “age is just a number” — and now there’s scientific proof to that effect. The amount of candles on your birthday cake has little to do with how old you are biologically, according to a recent study from Stanford University School of Medicine. Lead researcher Michael Snyder and his team identified the four … Read more
A newly named medical condition links the rising tide of cardiovascular and kidney disease with type 2 diabetes and obesity. In an advisory this week, the American Heart Association identified CKM syndrome — or cardiovascular, kidney and metabolic syndrome — as an emerging health threat. One-third of U.S. adults have three or more risk factors … Read more
Talk about no child left behind. Eddie McCarthy, a math teacher at Whitmer High School in Toledo, Ohio, is preparing to donate a kidney to his student, Roman McCormick. McCormick, a 15-year-old sophomore, was born with branchiootorenal/branchiootic syndrome. The rare genetic condition can affect the growth and development of the neck (branchio-), ears (oto-) and … Read more
“Proud Mary” feared she had put herself “in great danger” months before dying. In her penultimate Instagram address, Tina Turner — who died Wednesday at age 83 following a bout with cancer, a stroke, and kidney troubles — revealed to her nearly 1 million followers that she had unwittingly gambled with her health. “Kidneys fail without … Read more
These lifelong friendships turned into life-saving ones. Christine “Chris” Morales and Debbie Thompson say they have been best friends since they were young girls growing up in California — and have continued to stay close in the decades since. The two bonded during high school cheerleading practice, moved into their first adult apartment together and … Read more