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Ulike Celebrates a Decade of Innovation and Commitment to Cutting-Edge Beauty Technology
10 Years later and 4 Million Devices Sold Globally, Ulike Experiences Rapid Growth To The Top Of The IPL Hair Removal Market NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Ulike, the global leader and pioneer of Sapphire IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) at-home hair removal, is celebrating a...
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - September 22, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PDT Source Type: news
Terminally ill man from Maryland, 58, is living with a PIG'S HEART - after becoming second patient ever to get pioneering transplant surgery
This week, Lawrence Faucette, 58, received a transplanted pig heart at the University of Maryland Medical Center after being deemed ineligible for a human heart transplant due to a condition.
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Doctors Transplant Pig Heart Into Dying Man
Surgeons with the University of Maryland Medical Center were able to successfully transplant a pig’s heart into 58-year-old Lawrence Faucette on Wednesday, who was facing death with end-stage heart disease, the doctors announced Friday—marking just the second time this procedure, which doctors…#lawrencefaucette #bartleygriffith #marylanduniversity #davidbennett #annfaucette
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Surgeons perform second pig heart transplant, trying to save a dying man
Surgeons have transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life
Source: ABC News: Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
'Significant breakthrough' as girl first UK transplant patient not to need life-long drugs
Young Aditi Shankar is the first child in the UK to receive a special type of kidney transplant.
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Girl receives UK ’s first kidney transplant without need for lifelong drugs
Aditi Shankar, eight, has pioneering treatment resulting in her body accepting donor kidney as its ownAn eight-year-old girl has been spared from taking lifelong drugs to stop her body rejecting her kidney transplant thanks to a UK-first treatment.Aditi Shankar ’s immune system was “reprogrammed” after a stem cell transplant, resulting in her body accepting a donor kidney as its own, clinicians said.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 22, 2023 Category: Science Authors: PA Media Tags: NHS Health UK news Society Source Type: news
The Elusive Figure Running Wagner ’s Embattled Empire of Gold and Diamonds
T-shirts have appeared on the streets of the Central African Republic’s capital recently picturing a bearded man with flowing hair and an almost saintly look.
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Girl, 8, gets kidney transplant without need for life-long drugs in UK-first
The stem cell transplant performed at London's Great Ormond Street (Gosh), means the eight-year-old's body accepted the organ as her own, sparing her a lifetime of medication.
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why Tracee Ellis Ross Leads " With Her Heart Open "
The actress and entrepreneur explains how putting herself and her vision front and center helped her build a $16 million hair care brand.
Source: Reuters: Health - September 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
News at a glance: Diphtheria treatment shortage, prisoner release, and iNaturalist ’s growth
CONSERVATION
Popular biodiversity app to expand
The nonprofit that runs iNaturalist, a popular app and website for identifying species, has received a $10 million grant to expand. The funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, announced last week, will allow iNaturalist—whose website is one of the largest generators of crowd-sourced species-occurrence data—to add users, technology, and observations to inform conservation. iNaturalist hopes to grow in nature-rich parts of the world, such as Asia and South America, which have fewer users uploading data. Since iNaturalist’s founding in 2008, the ...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 21, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
‘Young Love’ Creator Matthew A. Cherry On Creating An “Unapologetically Black” Animated Series For Viewers Of All Ages
Just four years after winning an Academy Award for his illustrated book turned short film, Hair Love, creator Matthew A. Cherry has styled up a 12-episode expansion that further beautifies the world of the animated six-minute short. Set two months after the events of Hair Love, Young Love shines…#anacademyaward #hairlove #matthewacherry #younglove #angelayoung #issarae #stephenlove #scottkidcudimescudi #zuriyounglove #westside
Source: Reuters: Health - September 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pixar ’s Elemental is a stealth success, and I credit the water-hair
Of all 2023’s surprise cinematic success stories — like Barbie out-grossing the mega-successful Avatar: The Way of Water to become the year’s biggest box-office hit to date, or Cocaine Bear doing better in American theaters than the $125 million Shazam sequel — nothing’s been quite as surprising…#wayofwater #cocainebear #shazam #disneyplus #disney #petersohn #ember #fireland #magma #elemental
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Man Who Thinks He Can Live Forever
In a neat little neighborhood in Venice, Calif., there’s a block of squat, similar homes, filled with mortals spending their finite days on the planet eating pizza with friends, blowing out candles on birthday cakes, and binging late-night television. Halfway down the street, there’s a cavernous black modern box. This is where Bryan Johnson is working on what he calls “the most significant revolution in the history of Homo sapiens.”
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Johnson, 46, is a centimillionaire tech entrepreneur who has spent most of the last three years in pursuit of a si...
Source: TIME: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Charlotte Alter Tags: Uncategorized feature Source Type: news
Islet+Kidney Transplants Boost Survival in Type 1 Diabetes Islet+Kidney Transplants Boost Survival in Type 1 Diabetes
Patients who receive islet transplants along with donor kidneys had significantly lower risks of transplant failure and mortality compared to kidney alone.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Minute: Breaking healthcare barriers in the Hispanic community
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from Sept. 15 –Oct. 15. It’s an opportunity to celebrate the more than 60 million people of Hispanic heritage living in the U.S. Dr. Juan Carlos Leoni Moreno, a Mayo Clinic transplant cardiologist, says soaring obesity rates contribute to high rates of diabetes and heart disease in the Hispanic population. And healthcare disparities, including cultural differences, language barriers and lack of information, add to the challenges many Hispanic residents face. Watch: The Mayo Clinic…
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - September 18, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
