Connie Culp, who became the first person in the US to receive a partial face transplant after surviving a gunshot blast to the face, has died from an infection. Culp died 12 years after the groundbreaking operation, aged 57. The Cleveland Clinic, where her surgery was performed in 2008, said that Culp died on Wednesday … Read more
Women who underwent the first face transplant in the U.S. in 2008 after her husband blasted her with a shotgun in a failed murder-suicide has died at the age of 57 Dr. Frank Papay announced Connie Culp’s death in a Thursday release She was 57 Her cause of death has currently not been released Culp … Read more
A coronavirus patient saved from the brink of death by a double-lung transplant has made a full recovery from the deadly disease, according to doctors in Wuhan. The 65-year-old pensioner, named Cui Zhiqiang, was discharged by a hospital today – three months after he underwent the operation billed as ‘highly risky’ by surgeons. Mr Cui … Read more
Damaged lungs from a deceased donor are often too damaged to be transplanted into someone in need of the life-saving organ. But scientists have found a way to improve the state of lungs which are deemed too battered to be of any use. A host of scientists at both Columbia and Vanderbilt University channelled their inner … Read more
He previously admitted that he wanted the cosmetic procedure as it’s part of being in ‘showbusiness’. Jimmy Carr, 47, left viewers shocked as he removed his flat cap and unveiled his new hair transplant on Saturday night’s instalment of Save Our Summer. The comedian, who looked almost unrecognisable as he debuted a lighter coloured buzzcut, … Read more
‘As soon as you lose your hair, you lose work’: Emmerdale star Chris Bisson, 44, unveils the results of his hair transplant… after undergoing the procedure to ‘protect his career’ By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 10:10 BST, 13 June 2020 | Updated: 10:19 BST, 13 June 2020 Emmerdale star Chris Bisson revealed on Saturday … Read more
Surgeons in Chicago have given a new set of lungs to a young woman with severe lung damage from the coronavirus. Only a few other COVID-19 survivors, in China and Europe, have received lung transplants. Doctors say the patient, a Hispanic woman in her 20s, was ‘pretty healthy’ before she caught coronavirus, which left her … Read more
Cancer, asthma and organ transplant patients were dropped from the Government’s coronavirus shielding list in an abrupt text message, it emerged last night. Patients with various health conditions that raise their risk of dying from Covid-19 were told they had been removed from the scheme in the GOV.UK text. The message – which has caused … Read more
Married At First Sight’s Steve Burley breaks silence on hair transplant rumours after fans notice a VERY bizarre detail about his quiff By Joshua Fox For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:47 BST, 13 May 2020 | Updated: 23:32 BST, 13 May 2020 Married At First Sight’s Steve Burley has denied having a hair transplant after … Read more
A 12-year-old girl’s life has been saved by a heart transplant after she almost died from a rare disease. Kayleigh Llewellyn, from Seaham, County Durham, fell ill around three months ago when she woke up one morning for school struggling to breathe. Doctors diagnosed her with cardiomyopathy and, to the shock of Kayleigh’s parents, warned a … Read more