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Ernest House needed a liver transplant. But a heart condition was keeping him off the transplant list. “I would have died,” he says. “There’s no doubt about that. My body was failing.” A former college football quarterback, House had always strived to stay active. That didn’t change when he reached his golden years. As a …
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Stem cell transplants have become important weapons in the fight against certain blood cancers, such as multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, and leukemia. A stem cell transplant may help you live longer. In some cases, it can even cure blood cancers. About 50,000 transplantations are performed yearly, with the number increasing 10% to 20% …
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In the four years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, many potential remedies for the respiratory illness have been touted online over the years. A wide variety of possible treatments for the virus have long been shared online—from wormwood to drinking your own urine—with little indication as to whether they might actually …
Jennifer Molson couldn’t feel anything from her chest down. Her partner, Aaron, had to bathe and dress her, and cut her food. “I remember making a bowl of cereal, putting it on my walker, and dropping it on the floor,” Jennifer says. “I just sat on the floor and cried.” Just 4 years earlier, in …
Some fans have speculated that Logan Paul got a hair transplant, in part because his once receding hairline now appears to have unreceded. Source: Getty Images In general, Logan Paul has at least claimed to be open with his fans. He tries to share everything with his followers, including the details of his personal life. …
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Getty Image Selena Gomez appeared in a new episode of Apple TV+’s Dear… that dropped today (March 10). During it, she discussed her lupus battle — one that led to her friend Francia Raisa donating her kidney to Gomez in 2017. She expresses her sincere thankfulness for the help that very well could have saved …
Source: Getty Images David Crosby When it was announced that singer David Crosby passed away at age 81, some fans looked to his previous health struggles for answers. As of the time of this writing, the official cause of death has yet to be released. However, there are some breadcrumbs that could lead folks to …
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If you have polycystic kidney disease (PKD) and you’ve reached end-stage renal disease (ESRD), you may need a kidney transplant. Here’s what you can expect and how to navigate the process. How do I get a new kidney? There are two ways to get a new kidney. You can get a donation from a deceased …
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Oct. 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A person with heart failure in dire need of a new heart may have faced delays in getting one during the pandemic when potential donors tested positive for COVID-19. As some centers began accepting these hearts for transplant anyway, data from a new …
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March 9, 2022 — David Bennett Sr., the 57-year-old patient with terminal heart disease who became the first person to receive a genetically modified pig heart, has died. Bennett passed away Tuesday, according to a statement from the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, where the transplant was performed. Bennett received the transplant on …
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The Season 1 finale of Transplant left us with a couple of near misses. First of all, Dr. Bishop (John Hannah) collapses while speaking with Bash (Hamza Haq) and we’re briefly led to believe he’s not going to make it. Thankfully, it was a stroke from which he’ll fully recover, but it was a little …
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Gord is also an accomplished theater actor. In fact, he’s really put himself out there in past productions, like 2015’s Oedipus Rex. While playing the titular Oedipus as part of the Stratford Festival, Gord had to get completely nude at the end of the show every night. In an interview with the CBC, Gord revealed, …
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