By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, April 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Rick Slayman, the first person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig, headed home Wednesday after faring so well that he was released from the hospital just two weeks after his groundbreaking surgery.“This moment — leaving …

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Seven clinical characteristics, including age and fatigue, predict individual differences in cognitive vulnerability to fluctuations

Compared with patients receiving antithyroid drugs, those receiving surgery have lower risks for MACE, mortality, heart failure

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By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, March 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More Americans exposed to radiation caused by the government would be compensated under a bill that passed the U.S. Senate Thursday.The bipartisan legislation, which would cost an estimated $50 billion, would expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to …

Association between habitual short sleep duration and increased risk for T2D persisted for individuals following healthy diet

Dexcom Stelo Glucose Biosensor System is intended for people aged 18 years and older who have T2D but do not take insulin