Mumbai doctors blame pigeons for spike in lung disease
At his clinic in a northern suburb of Mumbai, Dr. Pralhad Prabhudesai stared at an X-ray, flipped through a chart and quickly fired a string of questions at the patient standing …
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A change of heart — literally — moved this couple to renew their wedding vows
‘He proposed to me before the transplant and he said, “If I get through this, marry me again,”‘ Bonita Pelley recalls, on the day of her vow renewal ceremony. (Sarah …
Toxic drugs. Climate change. A health-care crisis. Here are the health stories we’re watching in 2024
This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can …
Man who narrowly survived electrical accident receives world’s first eye transplant
An Arkansas man has a new eye after being the subject of the first-ever human eye transplant in May. The eye transplant was part of a complex partial-face transplant performed …
Man receives 1st full eye transplant — ‘one step closer’ to restoring sight in future patients
Surgeons have performed the world’s first transplant of an entire human eye, an extraordinary addition to a face transplant — although it’s far too soon to know if the man …
Irving pastor donates kidney as a rare 1 in 100,000 match to churchgoer’s granddaughter
IRVING (CBSNewsTexas.com) — It seems almost too good to be true. Destiny, luck, or perhaps a touch of divine intervention came together at Woodhaven Presbyterian Church in Irving, where Pastor …
Surgeons transplant a pig heart into a dying man
By Lauran Neergaard | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Surgeons have transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life – only the second patient …