CHICAGO (WLS) — He spent 25 years caring for hospital patients, as a nurse. Now, he’s the one receiving end, becoming the first person to receive a liver and lung transplant at Northwestern Medicine. “Don’t take life for granted,” lung-liver transplant recipient Patricio Collera said. Wise words from Collera, who now has a new outlook … Read more
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Katherine Strickland and Anna Fischman had liver transplants as babies 35 years ago. On Friday, the women were back together again for the first time in two decades, this time with their own families. The organ transplant happened in 1987 when there were so many unknowns. Three decades later, they’re inspiring others. … Read more
Friday, November 18, 2022 10:29PM PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Two women who now live hundreds of miles apart came together for a special Thanksgiving reunion on Friday in Philadelphia. They both received life-saving liver transplants at the same hospital in Pittsburgh when they were infants. “I just wake up every day just thankful to be here … Read more
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A body has been found in the search for a missing 28-year-old father from Oklahoma who was last seen in the Texas Medical Center. ABC13 confirmed Tuesday afternoon, just before 1 p.m., that a body was found in Brays Bayou near MacGregor Park, where Texas EquuSearch crews have been looking for … Read more
That was Salman Rushdie in January 2013, in The Indian Express, where he had dropped by for Idea Exchange, the newsroom’s weekly interaction with newsmakers. He was referring to his 1988 novel that had set off a series of death threats against him and forced him to live in hiding for nearly a decade following the pronouncement … Read more
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A chemical called perfluooctane sulfate (PFOS) has been linked to the most common type of liver cancer, a new study indicates. PFOS are used in a wide range of consumer and industrial products, and are referred to as “forever chemicals” because they … Read more
vzphotos/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Amgen’s (NASDAQ:AMGN) newly approved cancer therapy Lumakras has led to a higher incidence of severe liver side effects in combination with immunotherapies, according to Phase 1 data disclosed by the company on Sunday ahead of a presentation at a medical event. Lumakras became the first approved targeted therapy for tumors … Read more
A U.S. Marine donated half of his liver to complete stranger battling liver disease. Corey Weber learned in the Fall that you could donate a portion of your liver to someone in need of a transplant. He started filling out an application when he got word of Katie Sproull’s story.”In the middle of the application … Read more
More than 1,000 children in 35 countries have developed an unidentified type of severe acute hepatitis — or liver inflammation — since the first case was reported in the January 2022. Yanukit Raiva | Eyeem | Getty Images Scientists in the U.K. say they have identified the likely cause of a recent outbreak of mysterious … Read more