[ad_1] Man released from Mass General after receiving world’s first pig kidney transplant Man released from Mass General after receiving world’s first pig kidney transplant 00:19 BOSTON – The recipient of the world’s first pig kidney transplant is heading home from Massachusetts General Hospital Wednesday, nearly two weeks after the surgery. The hospital said Rick…
[ad_1] Groundbreaking pig-to-human kidney transplant performed at Massachusetts hospital – CBS News Watch CBS News In a medical first, a genetically-modified pig kidney has been successfully transplanted into a 62-year-old patient at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. With the patient showing positive signs of recovery, this pioneering procedure promises a new horizon of hope for…
[ad_1] Nabil Haque said he can still remember the moment his wife Sungida Rashid first held their baby daughter in her arms after giving birth at Boston’s St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center last October. “It was a beautiful moment,” Haque told CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook, in his first television interview. “I wasn’t…
[ad_1] These habits include: never smokingbeing physically activerefraining from binge drinkingpracticing good sleep hygieneeating a healthy dietkeeping stress lowengaging in positive social relationshipsavoiding addiction to opioids People who take up these habits by middle age may live significantly longer than those who don’t, the authors say. Men who follow all eight lifestyle factors by age…
[ad_1] Heat and air pollution have previously been linked to human aggression. Now, researchers say it also appears that there are more dog bites on hot, polluted days. More research is needed to confirm these findings, according to study author Tanujit Dey, of the department of surgery at the Center for Surgery and Public Health…
