medical breakthroughs
Long Island patient gets breakthrough sickle cell treatment called a 'cure': 'I'm not in pain anymore'
🍒 A young man from Laurelton is the first New Yorker with sickle cell disease to receive Lyfgenia, a life-changing gene therapy treatment that has wiped away the debilitating illness, The...
Experts predict what the 'penis of the future' could look and feel like: report
🐻 Things are looking up for men.
𝓡 Groundbreaking robotic surgery aims to preserve erections — how it works
⛄ About 13% of American men will develop prostate cancer at some point, putting their erectile function at risk.
Australian oyster blood could be the secret to tackling a 'looming global health crisis'
♑ Slurping oysters may soon do more than just satisfy your seafood cravings.
'Novel approach' to treating Alzheimer's disease discovered — it's a gas
🧸 Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia — it causes memory loss, confusion, thinking problems and behavioral changes.
Israel's war with Hamas has resulted in some cutting-edge, astonishing medical advancements
♛ IDF soldiers are helping pioneer the use of cutting-edge rehabilitative technologies that have been a result of Israel’s war with Hamas.
NY woman receives first fully robotic double lung transplant: 'An unbelievable thing'
ꦿ "It's been such a positive, healthy experience," said Cheryl Mehrkar, 57.
A $3 'coffee filter' device could detect colorectal cancer in under an hour
🔯 A remarkable new device promises to make cancer detection cheaper, faster and more accessible.
Hoping to reach 100? You're not going to like these new life expectancy projections
⛎ "Modern medicine is yielding incrementally smaller improvements in longevity even though medical advances are occurring at breakneck speed," study author S. Jay Olshansky said.
Breakthrough device allows user to be touched remotely in a 'real-life' way — and could be a cure for isolation
𓃲 Reach out and touch someone — literally.
𒅌 New blood test could predict heart disease risk 30 years ahead of time: groundbreaking study
🌄 They're getting to the heart of the issue.
Accuracy of blood tests for Alzheimer's disease varies: study
🍸 "Some of the blood tests are accurate and some are not, and doctors don’t know which tests to use," Dr. Suzanne Schindler said.
Alzheimer's app could be key for newly diagnosed patients: 'Meets an important need'
ℱ "It gives a prediction that is really tailored to each individual person," said Pieter van der Veere, a physician-researcher at Alzheimer Centre Amsterdam.
New breakthrough Alzheimer's drug gets unanimous backing from FDA advisers
♐ The vote clears the way for a final FDA decision on the treatment, which initially had been expected earlier this year before the agency called for the meeting so its...
༒ Revolutionary new drug for sleep apnea could put an end to CPAP machines
𒊎 This news should help you breathe easy.
Long Island boy, 5, born without left hand 'glowing' after receiving 'Iron Man' bionic arm
🗹 Jordan Marotta of Dix Hills, L.I., achieved superhero status this week.
♈ Startup claims they have created AI head transplant system, plans to perform first procedure within decade
🐓 Neuroscience and biomedical engineering startup BrainBridge announced that it has created a system for a head transplant. The procedure would graft a head onto the body of a brain dead...
Is this the future? Wild new tech can read someone's mind — with shocking accuracy
🍸 It's practically unthinkable.
💝 First living patient to receive genetically modified pig kidney dead at 62, weeks after historic transplant
🏅 "Mr. Slayman will forever be seen as a beacon of hope to countless transplant patients worldwide, and we are deeply grateful for his trust and willingness to advance the field...
ꦿ Patient receives kidney from pig in medical breakthrough that could end dialysis
📖 Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston carried out the milestone kidney transplant last weekend.