The world’s second pig heart transplant recipient has died six weeks after having the organ implanted, the University of Maryland Medical Center announced Tuesday. The patient, 58-year-old Lawrence Faucette — a Navy veteran and retired lab technician at the National Institutes of Health — only began showing signs that his body was rejecting the pig … Read more
A 17-year-old boy who survived a deadly stroke now lives to tell the tale of the hero dog who saved his life. Amanda and Daines Tanner, who live in Spring, Texas, were woken up by their one-year-old border collie at around 5 a.m. on Aug. 26. At first they ignored the pup, named Axel, thinking he … Read more
Vickie Thompson had only a few blissful hours with her newborn son, Charlie, when the seemingly impossible revealed itself. On August 12, Charlie was born seemingly as any baby should. Thompson, 36, had just enough time to begin bonding and feeding when Charlie’s body apparently began to shut down. Unable to awaken the sleeping baby, … Read more
Whoa, baby! This expecting mommy never expected to become pregnant with two additional little ones at the same time. After enjoying a “careless” night of passion in July 2020, an already-pregnant Dee Michelle and fiancé Antonio Livingston were stunned to discover that they would soon be welcoming triplets. “A superfetation pregnancy is when you get pregnant … Read more
A child swallowing something dangerous is every parent’s nightmare. Luckily for mom Narly Olórtegui Pisco of Peru, her 2-year-old son is OK after he accidentally swallowed needles on the farm where Pisco works, Jam Press reported. The boy was rushed last week from the farm in the province of Mariscal Cáceres to Hospital II-2 in … Read more
Isla Edwards was just 7 years old when a routine eye exam determined she has a rare, incurable disease that can lead to early onset dementia. The Texas girl, now 10, went to the doctor in 2021 to manage her “fuzzy” vision. Her mother, Jacquelyn Stockdale, thought she might need glasses, but never could have … Read more
A British father of three diagnosed with leukemia was told he had three weeks to live, so he began planning his funeral — that was over a year ago. Dennis Blackman, 62, believed himself to be a healthy man when he entered his 50s. He went to the gym often and loved playing rugby with … Read more
A man dubbed “Polio Paul” has lived inside a 600-pound iron lung for seven decades, reportedly refusing to upgrade to a modern machine. Paul Alexander, 77, contracted polio in 1952 when he was 6 years old. In March, Guinness World Records declared him the longest iron lung patient ever. He has faced many challenges since he was … Read more
A woman who hasn’t uttered a word for years after a paralyzing stroke has regained the ability to speak through artificial intelligence. The groundbreaking procedure uses an array of 253 electrodes implanted in the brain of Ann Johnson, 48, which are linked to a bank of computers through a small port connection affixed to her … Read more
Surgeons have performed the UK’s first womb transplant, signaling a new future for childbirth. A 34-year-old woman received a womb from her 40-year-old sister, who has two children of her own. The recipient was “incredibly happy” and “over the moon” following the nine-hour operation, Isabel Quiroga, a consultant surgeon at the Oxford Transplant Centre, told … Read more
A woman from England had given up hope after spending nine years trying for a baby. But she was in for the surprise of her life after she finally conceived her daughter, Ava, in 2021. Lauren Whisker, 30, was told by doctors that she wouldn’t be able to have children because she suffers from a … Read more
A woman from England is celebrating a “life-changing” surgery after doctors removed a massive cyst that she says was so large it made her look pregnant. Siobhan Foster, 26, began experiencing “excruciating” stomach pain in March 2022, and doctors later found a huge, 40cm (about 15.7 inches) cyst carrying 16 liters (around 4.2 gallons) of … Read more
In a medical breakthrough, NYU Langone surgeons successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a brain-dead man who has now survived on the organ for over a month. “This represents the longest period that a gene-edited pig kidney has functioned in a human, and the latest step toward the advent of an alternate, sustainable supply of … Read more
A woman who was left severely burned after a pub heater exploded on her has now become a social media star — and is celebrating how far she’s come since the accident. April Charlesworth, 30, has built a platform sharing her daily life with her nearly 25,000 followers on TikTok and is now on a … Read more
Viewers were paralyzed with fear. An Arizona biologist sent shudders across social media after showcasing the scary, incapacitating effects of a spider wasp’s sting — which can immobilize its victims for months on end. “It’s like something out of a science fiction movie!” Andrew Wesley Legan, 30, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Arizona … Read more
Thank artificial intelligence for what doctors are declaring a modern medical “miracle.” A Long Island man who was paralyzed in a diving accident has regained motion and feeling in his body after a breakthrough, machine learning-based surgery that successfully “connected a computer to his brain” through microelectrode implants. Now, the successful case of Massapequa’s Keith … Read more
One could call it “sex-lax.” A California veterinarian raised eyebrows after devising an unorthodox way to relieve a tortoise’s constipation — by administering a pair of vibrators to facilitate the feces. A giggle-inducing video detailing the backed up bomb-“shell” is currently creating ample online buzz. “This is actually a very normal and often used technique,” … Read more
An Ohio grandmother taking the first drug proven to slow Alzheimer’s disease said, “I’m totally functional and my memory is much better than it was.” “I’m very active, I drive regularly, I garden and cook, I read a number of books and I have my life back,” Joan Murtaugh, 77, told the Sun. “This drug … Read more
Laura Watson was asked if she wanted an abortion because her twins “were effectively killing each other in the womb.” “Nothing can prepare you to hear doctors give terminating your pregnancy as a suggestion,” said Watson, 29. “I wasn’t given any good choices. I was terrified — everything happened so fast.” Watson was diagnosed with … Read more
Victoria Danson thought she was just under a lot of stress. Then she was told she had 24 hours to live. The 33-year-old UK mom-of-one had experienced fatigue and “excruciating” abdominal pain but brushed it off as a bit of typical stress. That is, until she was diagnosed with irritable bowel disease and, later, Crohn’s … Read more