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Indian heart beats inside Pakistani woman, 19-year-old from Karachi undergoes heart transplant in Chennai
A 19-year-old patient from Karachi in Pakistan, Ayesha Rashid, underwent a successful heart transpl…
ANI
Alarming rise in lung cancer amongst non-smokers, women and youngsters - Study
The study conducted by a team led by Dr Arvind Kumar from Medanta hospital observed that an increas…
ANI
New heart treatment to help grow a replacement valve inside body
Replacement heart valves that grow inside the body may be a step closer to reality. The results are…
Doctors changed the blood type of human lungs in the lab, opening the door to life-saving universal organs
Many patients die waiting for transplants because there are no compatible organs. Converting organs…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
A new mom sick with COVID-19 was denied a lung transplant because her insurance wouldn't cover it
A Las Vegas mother contracted COVID-19 while pregnant. Her family is now pleading for help with rai…
Kenneth Niemeyer
Fecal transplants could be a secret weapon for some patients battling skin cancer
Fecal transplant pills taken before starting immunotherapy for melanoma helped patients improve the…
Julia Pugachevsky
As a mom with cystic fibrosis, I couldn't make it up the stairs without a break. A double lung transplant changed my life — and helped me run a marathon.
After several false alarms, the author, a single mom of two, found a match and got a double lung tr…
Alex Lloyd
A transplant patient died after she received lungs that were infected with COVID-19
The lungs tested negative for COVID-19 before the transplant, but three days after the procedure th…
Canela López
A 25-year-old who had to get a double lung transplant due to COVID-19 said his lungs look like 'chewed up pieces of bubblegum'
Blake Bargatze, 25, from Georgia, needed a double lung transplant after refusing a coronavirus vacc…
Sophia Ankel
A 28-year-old coronavirus survivor said she woke up from a double lung transplant and didn't recognize her own body
COVID-19 damaged Mayra Ramirez's lungs so badly that they were riddled with holes and scars. When s…
Michelle Mark
Hearts from Covid-positive donors appear safe for transplantation: Study
Donor hearts from people who were Covid-positive appeared to be as safe for transplantation as thos…
Vietnam plans lung transplant for British COVID-19 patient
Vietnamese doctors assisted by colleagues from Japan performed their first successful lung transpla…
PTI
Mom of Georgia man, 24, who refused vaccine then needed a lung transplant because of COVID-19 begs people to get their shots
Blake Bargatze, 24, needed a double lung transplant, his mom said as she urged people to get vaccin…
Sinéad Baker
An 8-year-old boy died in a freak accident, but his family says someone received his heart in a transplant
Eli Hill's mother Ashley Hill told WKYT he had a "golden heart" that someone received in a transpla…
Kenneth Niemeyer
How the founder of SiriusXM wants to tackle an organ shortage with 3D-printed hearts and lungs
After founding SiriusXM in the 1990s, Martine Rothblatt is now running a biotech pushing the bounda…
Andrew Dunn
A woman dismissed her exhaustion as anxiety, asthma, and menopause. She actually needed a heart transplant and brain surgery.
Ann Ramirez Dudas was 48 when she was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. She would need a new…
Andrea Michelson
A 24-year-old man who had a double lung transplant after getting COVID-19 said he regretted not getting the vaccine
"He wanted to wait until it was out like 10 years or so, kind of like a lot of the population wants…
Kelsey Vlamis
Surgeons led by Indian-origin doctor perform double lung transplant on second COVID-19 patient
"This procedure capped an extremely busy holiday weekend for our transplant team. We worked around…
PTI
A man who spent 4 months in hospital with COVID-19 and ended up with a double-lung transplant said he regrets not getting the vaccine
Josh Garza spent four months in a Texas hospital with coronavirus and needed a double lung transpla…
Sinéad Baker
Recipient of first pig-heart transplant dies 2 months after surgery
The University of Maryland Medical Center didn't give an official cause of death, but did say the h…