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Exclusive | From Turkey transplant trips to robots, balding men are getting their hair back using trendy restoration hacks — and they’re not ashamed to talk about it

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Exclusive | From Turkey transplant trips to robots, balding men are getting their hair back using trendy restoration hacks — and they’re not ashamed to talk about it

Steve Kinyon always dreamed of sporting long, luscious locks like Thor — Marvel’s hair-and-hammer-swinging god of thunder, played by Chris Hemsworth.  But rather than revering him as a fictional deity, Kinyon’s chums back in high school crowned him the “balding virgin,” owing to his early signs of male-pattern baldness.  Years after being forced to endure … Read more

Alabama woman’s condition revealed after latest experimental pig kidney transplant

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Alabama woman’s condition revealed after latest experimental pig kidney transplant

An Alabama woman is recovering well after a pig kidney transplant last month that freed her from eight years of dialysis, the latest effort to save human lives with animal organs. Towana Looney is the fifth American given a gene-edited pig organ — and notably, she isn’t as sick as prior recipients who died within two months of receiving a pig kidney or heart. “It’s … Read more

NY woman receives first fully robotic double lung transplant: ‘An unbelievable thing’

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NY woman receives first fully robotic double lung transplant: ‘An unbelievable thing’

Cheryl Mehrkar was an “adrenaline junkie” who relished being a scuba divemaster and riding her 2003 Harley-Davidson Sportster in North Carolina, Maine, and near her home in Dutchess County. She had also achieved a fourth-degree karate black belt and dabbled in skydiving and bungee jumping. Now, Mehrkar has a new feat for her unusual résumé … Read more

World’s first whole-eye and partial face transplant patient adjusting to new normal, 1 year after historic surgery: ‘Second chance’

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World’s first whole-eye and partial face transplant patient adjusting to new normal, 1 year after historic surgery: ‘Second chance’

A year after undergoing the first whole-eye and partial-face transplant, Aaron James is finding beauty in the mundane. He can finally appreciate solid foods again — smelling is even a simple pleasure — and he doesn’t shudder when he looks in the mirror. And while most people loathe the DMV, James happily replaced his driver’s … Read more

Bizarre personality changes reported in organ transplant patients

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Bizarre personality changes reported in organ transplant patients

The heart wants what the heart wants…regardless of whose chest it beats within. Recent research has found further correlation between organ transplant surgery and personality changes. In a study published in Transplantology, researchers at the University of Colorado (CU) had 47 participants (23 heart recipients and 24 other organ recipients) complete an online survey detailing their … Read more

Man leaves hospital after groundbreaking pig kidney transplant

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Man leaves hospital after groundbreaking pig kidney transplant

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

I overplucked my eyebrows as a teen — so I got a $5K transplant that makes me feel younger

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I overplucked my eyebrows as a teen — so I got a K transplant that makes me feel younger

Call ’em golden arches. A 29-year-old content creator from Los Angeles says she ruined her eyebrows by overplucking them as a teenager. Feeling self-conscious, she decided to plunk down about $5,100 to have hair from the back of her head transplanted onto her face during a four-hour procedure. The November operation has made her feel … Read more

Patient cured of HIV and leukemia is ‘extremely grateful’ 5 years after stem cell transplant

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Patient cured of HIV and leukemia is ‘extremely grateful’ 5 years after stem cell transplant

Five years after receiving a life-changing stem cell transplant, a 68-year-old man says he’s “extremely grateful” to be essentially cured of acute myelogenous leukemia and in HIV remission. “Many City of Hope doctors, scientists, nurses, supportive care professionals and others made it possible for me to be cured of leukemia and in remission for HIV. I … Read more

Doctors use breast implants to save lung transplant patient who nearly died from vaping

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Doctors use breast implants to save lung transplant patient who nearly died from vaping

A Missouri man whose organs shut down due to his 10-year vaping habit was saved in an unconventional way — by getting outfitted with breast implants. “I thought it was awesome, kind of funny,” Davey Bauer, 34, told CBS News of the unorthodox operation, which went down in May at Chicago’s Northwestern Medical Center. “He was … Read more

First face-and-eye combo transplant makes history at NYU Langone: ‘Grateful beyond words’

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First face-and-eye combo transplant makes history at NYU Langone: ‘Grateful beyond words’

Earlier this year, inside an operating room in New York City, a man’s life was transformed. When a gruesome work accident occurred two years ago, electric lineman Aaron James received a deadly 7,200-volt shock as his face accidentally touched a live wire. James, 46, suffered massive injuries, including the loss of his left eye, his … Read more

Second-ever pig heart transplant recipient dies 6 weeks after surgery: ‘We will miss him tremendously’

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Second-ever pig heart transplant recipient dies 6 weeks after surgery: ‘We will miss him tremendously’

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

Dying man saved by second-ever pig heart transplant is alive one month later: ‘I’ll work it out’

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Dying man saved by second-ever pig heart transplant is alive one month later: ‘I’ll work it out’

WASHINGTON — It’s been a month since a Maryland man became the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig –- and hospital video released Friday shows he’s working hard to recover. Lawrence Faucette was dying from heart failure and ineligible for a traditional heart transplant because of other health problems when doctors at the … Read more

UK’s first womb transplant deemed ‘massive success’: ‘Over the moon’

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UK’s first womb transplant deemed ‘massive success’: ‘Over the moon’

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

Pig kidney transplant into brain-dead man could become a game-changer

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Pig kidney transplant into brain-dead man could become a game-changer

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

I’m in love with a face transplant survivor — now I’m a punching bag for trolls

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I’m in love with a face transplant survivor — now I’m a punching bag for trolls

Jessica Perez found “love at first sight” with her beau, face transplant recipient Joe DiMeo. Just eight months after the groundbreaking procedure, Perez met DiMeo, 24, who now touts the face of a 48-year-old donor after a fiery car accident that left him with horrific third-degree burns on 80% of his body. Following the crash, DiMeo … Read more

I survived the first face and hand transplant — now I’ve found love

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I survived the first face and hand transplant — now I’ve found love

He’s finally found someone to hold his hand. The first person to ever undergo a successful face and double hand transplant surgery has found love three years after his miracle operation. Joe DiMeo, now 24, suffered third-degree burns to 80% of his body and had his fingertips amputated after his Dodge Challenger crashed and exploded … Read more

Unvaccinated mom denied life-saving heart transplant accuses hospital of discrimination

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Unvaccinated mom denied life-saving heart transplant accuses hospital of discrimination

A Melbourne mom being denied a lifesaving transplant under a “no jab, no heart” policy has accused the hospital of “ideological” discrimination for refusing the COVID vaccine. Vicki Derderian, 47, has been on mechanical life support since 2020 after her heart failed and is desperate for a transplant, but The Alfred Hospital deemed her ineligible to be … Read more

Third person ‘cured’ of HIV after risky stem cell transplant

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Third person ‘cured’ of HIV after risky stem cell transplant

A German man has become the third person ever to be effectively “cured” of HIV thanks to a stem cell transplant ten years ago. His breakthrough case was first announced in 2019, it wasn’t until Monday that researchers confirmed he was indeed HIV-free. “We don’t think there’s a functional virus present,” Dr. Björn Jensen, the … Read more

Australian mom denied heart transplant due to her COVID-19 vaccination status

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Australian mom denied heart transplant due to her COVID-19 vaccination status

A mother has been denied the opportunity to receive a heart transplant because she is not vaccinated for COVID-19, despite having a medical exemption. Vicki Derderian, from Melbourne, relies on a ventricular assist device to keep her heart functioning after it failed in 2020, and is desperate for a transplant. She did not receive the … Read more

Eagles, Chiefs fans will reunite at Super Bowl 2023 after kidney transplant: ‘My hero’

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Eagles, Chiefs fans will reunite at Super Bowl 2023 after kidney transplant: ‘My hero’

Under normal circumstances, a Chiefs fans and an Eagles fans would be sitting on opposite sidelines when it came to Super Bowl 2023. In the case of John Gladwell and Billy Welsh, a pair of U.S. marine veterans who serves together 20 year ago, they’ll make an exception. Two years ago, Kansas City Chiefs fan … Read more