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Transplants November 8, 2023

Chicago doctors use breast implants to perform successful double-lung transplant on 34-year-old man

Doctors in Chicago performed a successful double-lung transplant while using breast implants to help keep a 34-year-old Missouri man alive.

HEALTH November 1, 2023

Pig heart recipient's ‘last wish’ was to help doctors learn from procedure, dying man said: ‘We will miss him'

Lawrence Faucette, the recipient of the world’s second genetically modified pig heart transplant, has died nearly 6 weeks after the surgery, the University of Maryland Medical Center said.

Transplants November 1, 2023

Maryland veteran who received genetically modified pig heart transplant has died, hospital says

Lawrence Faucette, a 20-year Navy veteran and a married father of two from Frederick, Maryland, has died after he underwent a highly experimental surgery for a pig heart transplant.

Transplants October 25, 2023

Surgeons give update on patient a month after experimental pig heart transplant: ‘Now I have hope’

One month after a Maryland man received an experimental pig heart transplant, the patient is doing well and shows no sign of rejecting the organ, doctors say.

HEALTH August 30, 2023

Pig kidney still functioning in brain-dead man 6 weeks after transplant surgery: ‘Extremely encouraging’

A pig kidney is still functioning correctly more than six weeks after surgeons at NYU Langone transplanted the organ into the body of a brain-dead man. Doctors shared thoughts on the development.

VIDEO August 23, 2023

Heart transplant recipient meets father of donor after successful surgery

Katherine Herrmann, 21, received a heart transplant in July 2022 after she was diagnosed with a congenital heart condition. Darrell Conner is the father of the deceased donor. The two met for the first time in St. Clairsville, Ohio.

VIDEO August 17, 2023

Doctors warn against buying knockoff weight-loss drugs without prescription: 'I'm against it'

91±¬ÁÏ medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel explains why Americans need to go through a doctor when seeking weight-loss medication and discusses a recent successful animal-to-human kidney transplant at NYU Langone.

ENTERTAINMENT August 3, 2023

Selena Gomez's good friend Francia Raisa denies she was ‘forced’ to give kidney to star

Francia Raisa said there's no "beef" between her and Selena Gomez, who Raisa gave a kidney to in 2017, dispelling rumors she felt "forced" to donate the organ.

HEALTH June 17, 2023

Ultimate Father’s Day gift: Son donates kidney to save his dad’s life

After years of suffering from kidney disease, Jose Calixto, 56, received a life-saving donation from his son, Jonathan Calixto, 30. 91±¬ÁÏ Digital spoke to the New York-based father and son.

HEALTH May 30, 2023

Tina Turner suffered from kidney disease before her death: 'I have put myself in great danger'

Although Tina Turner's representative said she died of natural causes, the singer struggled with several health issues, including long-term kidney disease. Here's what to know.

LIFESTYLE May 16, 2023

Life as a patient in need of organ donation: New Hampshire man waits for kidney, ready to 'rock and roll'

Roger Graham turned to social media and fliers to spread the word about the need for living donor kidney donation. The New Hampshire man's kidneys stopped working in June 2021.