A 12-year-old girl’s life has been saved by a heart transplant after she almost died from a rare disease. Kayleigh Llewellyn, from Seaham, County Durham, fell ill around three months ago when she woke up one morning for school struggling to breathe. Doctors diagnosed her with cardiomyopathy and, to the shock of Kayleigh’s parents, warned a … Read more
Cancer, asthma and organ transplant patients were dropped from the Government’s coronavirus shielding list in an abrupt text message, it emerged last night. Patients with various health conditions that raise their risk of dying from Covid-19 were told they had been removed from the scheme in the GOV.UK text. The message – which has caused … Read more
Married At First Sight’s Steve Burley breaks silence on hair transplant rumours after fans notice a VERY bizarre detail about his quiff By Joshua Fox For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:47 BST, 13 May 2020 | Updated: 23:32 BST, 13 May 2020 Married At First Sight’s Steve Burley has denied having a hair transplant after … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
A five-month-old baby boy has died after his parents put out a plea for a life-saving partial liver transplant from a living donor. Marcus Albers was born in October 2018 with an extremely rare genetic disease that changes the way cells in the body communicate and attacks the liver, reported the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Doctors … Read more
Mediterranean diet could help kidney transplant patients: Eating more fish and less red meat ‘cuts the risk of donor organs failing by 30%’ Third of patients who get a donor kidney lose function within a decade of the op But scientists say following the fish can help keep the organ healthier for longer Experts in … Read more
A baby boy has been fitted with a heart valve taken from a cow in a mammoth six-hour operation to save his life. Ten-month-old Bradley Harrison was born with a complex set of five heart defects which restrict blood flow through his body. Born with a deformed pulmonary valve, he underwent grueling surgery at just … Read more