From breathless to breathing freely. NASA engineer and mother Jodi Graf is grateful to celebrate another Mother’s Day after undergoing an innovative procedure to treat her terminal lung cancer. Now, the 61-year-old robotic software developer is cancer-free, can breathe easier and walk without an oxygen tank. 61-year-old NASA engineer and mother Jodi Graf underwent an … Read more
It was a glow-up gone gray. Los Angeles-based nurse and content creator Nini B recently went under the knife to lower her hairline, but she came out of the procedure with an unexpected side effect that left even her surgeon stunned. Gray hair. Nini said she has always been “aware” of her looks — particularly … Read more
A Michigan man died of rabies he contracted after receiving a kidney transplant from a donor who became infected — and later died — while rescuing a kitten from a rabid skunk, according to health officials. The unidentified patient received the Idaho donor’s left kidney during a December 2024 transplant in Ohio — only to … Read more
How far would you go for a full head of luscious locks? Alex Finken (@iam.thats.a.bad.idea) coughed up $17,500 for a hair transplant in hopes of reclaiming his confidence. But the next day, he woke up with severe swelling that made him look more like Humpty Dumpty than a heartthrob. “Some people look OK with it, … Read more
A self-described science nerd is the latest American to get an experimental pig kidney transplant, at a crucial point in the quest to prove if animal organs really might save human lives. The 54-year-old New Hampshire man is faring well after his June 14 operation, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced Monday. “I really wanted to contribute … Read more
John Cena said the WWE audience pushed him to explore options for his hair loss after shining a light on his bald spot — and he couldn’t be happier. During an interview for People’s August cover story, the WWE icon — who’s in the midst of a farewell tour before retiring at the end of … Read more
As a new report claims that premature organ transplants have endangered donors, HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced plans for a new initiative to reform the system. Several families have stated that surgeons attempted to initiate organ retrievals while patients were still alive or improving, as noted in a July 20 report from The New … Read more
It’s a hairy situation. An influencer says his head “blew up like a balloon” after he violated the “no-sex rule” after undergoing a hair transplant in Turkey. “[I] woke up the next day and my head was just absolutely massive,” Ruben Owen, 24, told South West News Service about the supersize side effect. The cranial … Read more
A British breast cancer survivor has undergone what may be a first of its kind surgery: a breast transplant, using her own healthy breast tissue. And it was all her idea. Nicola Purdie, 38, was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020, after which she had five months of chemotherapy, a double mastectomy and breast … Read more
Turns out that fecal transplants are No. 2. It’s hard to imagine, but these transplants are really hot right now. Clinical trials have shown promising results for treating cancer, reversing the effects of aging and healing the gut. Luckily, a new study suggests there’s a much simpler and more appetizing way to optimize gut health. … Read more
Urine for a breakthrough — in a true medical milestone, UCLA surgeons completed the world’s first in-human bladder transplant. Dr. Nima Nassiri, a urologic transplant surgeon and director of the UCLA Vascularized Composite Bladder Allograft Transplant Program, led the stream team — providing relief to one lucky patient who had been struggling for years after … Read more
It started with the gift of a single heart — and ended with three lives transformed. Last July, doctors at New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital performed an extremely rare series of surgeries that changed the lives of three children forever. A heart from a deceased donor was transplanted into 10-year-old Hend Almesafri, who paid … Read more
John Cena says he underwent hair transplant surgery because of “bullying” he endured from WWE fans over his “bald spot.” The “Jackpot” star, 47, opened up about the impact the taunts from the WWE faithful have had on him during a live appearance on the Pat McAfee Show Monday morning. “You chant and you make … Read more
A New York transplant has sparked a juicy controversy. On March 31, TikTok user @wine_by_marielle — who has since deleted her account — took to the video platform to ask whether “New York City people” actually buy the fruit from “those stands on the side of the road.” “I have a fruit stand guy on … Read more
On the last day of March, surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital began an operation that they hoped might lead to a permanent change in how kidneys are transplanted in people. That morning’s patient was not a person. It was a pig, lying anesthetized on a table. The pig was missing one kidney and needed an … Read more
A British woman born without a uterus has given birth to a healthy baby girl — making the little bundle of joy the first baby in the UK to be born from a womb transplant. Grace Davidson, 36, was diagnosed as a teenager with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome — a rare condition marked by the absence … Read more
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
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
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
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