She's a medical miracle. Could her animal transplant success be just the beginning?
Towana Looney of Alabama is 'going strong and feeling great' after a pig kidney transplant. No one has lived longer with an ...
verywellhealth1d
Cholesterol-Lowering Statins May Reduce Dementia Risk by 63%, Study Says
Statins help people manage high cholesterol levels, but many experts want to know if these drugs can also support brain ...
JD Supra4d
FDA Bans Red Dye No. 3 in Food and Ingested Drugs: What Manufacturers Should Know
On January 16, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an order banning FD&C Red No.3 in food and ingested drugs.1 Food and ingested ...
Cowboys QB Dak Prescott supports effort to get cancer test covered by Medicare
Bill to pay for multi-cancer early detection screening test has bipartisan support, but just ran out of time last session.
The only person in the world with a functioning pig organ is thriving after a record 2 months
Looney’s vibrant recovery is a morale boost in the quest to make animal-to-human transplants a reality. Only four other ...
healthday8d
Longest Pig Organ Transplant Survivor Passes 60 Days With New Kidney
an innovative transplant surgeon working at the time at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. It was Locke who presented ...
Alabama Public Radio9d
Alabama Medicare recipients have a new prescription drug cap, but for how long?
Proponents hope a new benefit for Alabamians on Medicare stays in effect. A two-thousand-dollar cap on prescription drug ...
Alabama woman who is only person in the world with a functioning pig organ reaches record 2-month milestone
An Alabama woman who is the only living recipient of a pig organ transplant became the longest living person with a ...