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Bizarre personality changes reported in organ transplant patients
Recent research has found a correlation between transplant surgery and personality changes.
22-year-old gets double lung transplant after hospitalization resulted from years of heavy vaping
A North Dakota man was given a 1% chance of survival after being hospitalized and put on life support while in need of a double lung transplant as his oxygen...
Doctors use breast implants to save lung transplant patient who nearly died from vaping
"He was at the end of the road,” said one of his surgeons regarding the successful and innovative last-ditch effort.
First face-and-eye combo transplant makes history at NYU Langone: 'Grateful beyond words'
"You would never think he underwent such a procedure so recently," said the lead surgeon. "He looks great."
Second-ever pig heart transplant saves dying man: 'Now I have hope'
Two days after the medical miracle, the patient — a 58-year-old Navy veteran who wasn’t eligible for a traditional heart transplant — was cracking jokes and able to sit in...
I'm in love with a face transplant survivor — now I’m a punching bag for trolls
"I fell in love with him the first time I hugged him," she gushed. “Joe checks all the boxes for me."
I'm a 'hat-fish' — mean people say I'm ugly despite hair transplant
Hair transplant recipient Steven, a father of three, scolded a lady commenter who deemed his hatless appearance “not so gorgeous.”
Australian mom denied heart transplant due to her COVID-19 vaccination status
Vicki Derderian relies on a ventricular assist device to keep her heart functioning after it failed in 2020.
I got life-changing hair transplants after years of balding agony
"Suffering from hair loss totally crippled my confidence," she said.
Real nose grown on woman's arm was transplanted to her face
In September, surgeons used microsurgery to connect blood vessels in the arm to vessels in the face and successfully transplanted the nose.
Men are paying nearly $4K for this Prince Harry-inspired facial feature
Face it — a growing number of men want a beard like Prince Harry, according to a London clinic that charges $3,900 for a hair transplant.
Biotech firm wants to grow human embryos for organ harvesting
The company, Renewal Bio, claimed that it successfully used advanced stem cell technology and artificial wombs in order to grow mouse embryos.
Dozens of deaths due to failures in donor organ screening
Failures in the donor organ supply chain have recently killed 70 transplant patients, and sickened another 249, according to a government report.
I got world's first double arm transplant — and can finally hug my grandkids
He can now walk his dog, brush his teeth and give high-fives — as demonstrated when he met Iceland's president.
Dad receives 'world's first' double hand transplant
Steven Gallagher, 48, suffered scleroderma, a condition where the skin hardens and tightens.
Khloé Kardashian 'offended' by people thinking she had '12 face transplants'
The "Kardashians" star insisted once again on the "Not Skinny But Not Fat" podcast Tuesday that she has only had "one nose job."
Insufferable NY transplants axing 'the' from West & East Villages
“I heard my teenage daughter say just East Village and I couldn’t believe it, I said ‘uh, did you forget the T-H-E?'” one New Yorker told The Post.
Pig heart used in pioneering human transplant had virus: report
The genetically modified pig whose heart was used in the first human transplant of its kind had a porcine virus that may have played the role in the death of...
'Extremely rare' double lung transplant saves cancer patient: 'I can't stop smiling'
"My life went from zero to 100," the terminal Chicago patient declared.
Letters to the Editor — Jan. 30, 2022
New York Post readers sound off on patients being barred from transplants due to vaccine status, Blackstone reacts to an eviction editorial, Sheldon Silver’s legacy and NYC’s shoplifting scourge.