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An Alabama woman passed a major milestone Saturday to become the longest-living recipient of a pig organ transplant – healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 days and counting."I'm superwoman," Towana Looney told The Associated Press, laughing about outpacing family members on long walks around New York City as she continues her recovery. "It's a new take on life."Looney's vibrant recovery is a morale boost in the quest to make animal-to-human transplants a reality. Looney the fifth American given a gene-edited pig organ."If you saw her on the street, you would have no idea that she's the only person in the world walking around with a pig organ inside them that's functioning," said Dr. Robert Montgomery of NYU Langone Health, who led Looney's transplant.Montgomery called L...

Join Fox News for access to this content Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account - free of charge. By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News' Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive. Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here. The negative health impacts of alcohol have been in the spotlight since the surgeon general’s recent advisory, and now experts are warning that older drinkers might be more sensitive to those effects.As an individual’s body changes with age, so may a person’s tolerance when it comes to drinking."As we age, our lean body mass and the water percentage in our body decreases," Dr. Frederick Davis, associate chair of emergency m...

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's Health and Human Services Secretary nominee, awaits his confirmation hearing, financial disclosures released Wednesday show that he is saddled with millions in debt, but is positioned to earn millions from book deals.In financial disclosure forms filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, Kennedy reported debts of $610,000 to $1.2 million on his American Express card, up to three mortgages totaling somewhere from $2.25 million to $10.5 million, along with other loans, one of which was as much as $500,000. Even so, he reported netting more than $11 million over the past two years, and is expected to take in $2 million to $4 million more in book advances for two books with Skyhorse Publishing in New York: "Unsettled Science" and "A Defense...

As Dry January has some people putting down the bottle for the first month of the year, the health benefits of eliminating alcohol are in the spotlight.But TV personality Kelly Ripa, host of ABC’s "Live with Kelly and Mark," revealed that giving up alcohol had an unexpected effect on her.On Wednesday’s episode, when Andy Cohen co-hosted alongside Ripa, he brought up that he is "in the middle of dry January."6 TIPS TO REDUCE ALCOHOL USE AND CANCER RISK AFTER SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING"Usually, a little weight loss comes my way after," he commented. "That’s not really happening yet." Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa attend the 96th Annual Academy Awards on March 10, 2024, in Hollywood, California. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)Ripa responded that when she quit drinking in 2017, she expected there...

Multiple federal health agencies have stopped releasing some key health information — including updates on some outbreak investigations — amid a department-wide communications "pause" ordered by the Trump administration, though many other "mission critical" updates are still being released, CBS News has learned.The Department of Health and Human Services "has issued a pause on mass communications and public appearances that are not directly related to emergencies or critical to preserving health," Stefanie Spear, the HHS principal deputy chief of staff, told CBS News in an email. "This is a short pause to allow the new team to set up a process for review and prioritization."The Food and Drug Administration, a federal agency of the HHS, usually releases updates on probes of outbreaks lin...

Geneva — The World Health Organization said Friday it was reviewing its priorities in preparation for the withdrawal of its largest donor, the U.S., and stressed that it provides vital services that protect the country from health threats. President Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the U.S. to withdraw from the WHO, a body he has repeatedly criticized over its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. "This announcement has made our financial situation more acute, and we know it has created significant concern and uncertainty for the WHO workforce," the organization's chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a letter sent to WHO staff Thursday and seen by AFP on Friday. He stressed that the United Nations' health agency regretted the decision by the leader of the U.S. — by f...

Join Fox News for access to this content Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account - free of charge. By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News' Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive. Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here. The Mediterranean diet has continuously shown benefits for overall health.Researchers at the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans recently discovered that the diet is linked to improved memory through balanced bacteria in the gut.In the study, which was published in the journal Gut Microbe Reports, rats were fed a Mediterranean-style diet over a 14-week period. This included foods rich in olive oil, fish and ...

The Trump administration is expected to tap Susan Coller Monarez, the deputy director of a federal health research agency, to serve as the acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, multiple health officials tell CBS News. Picking Monarez would close an unprecedented leadership gap atop the CDC, which is tasked with tracking and responding to a myriad of emerging diseases and health emergencies. Other health agencies have also been operating without acting heads. Monarez is an unconventional pick to serve as the acting head of the CDC. Past directors in recent history have been medical doctors, while Monarez has a PhD. Acting heads were previously chosen from within the Atlanta-based agency, often from the ranks of career civil servants familiar with the CDC's wide-r...

As Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia — affecting an estimated 6.7 million Americans — it’s not surprising that people who experience memory loss may suspect AD.In fact, there is another common cognitive disorder with very similar symptoms, called limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy — or LATE for short — that is often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s.A recent report published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association highlights the need to develop "objective criteria" for diagnosing and staging all types of dementia, including LATE.5 MAJOR ALZHEIMER'S DISCOVERIES SCIENTISTS MADE IN 2024How is LATE different from Alzheimer’s?LATE is a prevalent condition in late life and can contribute to memory loss and cognitive decline,...

Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murder and terrorism charges in CEO killing case 03:11 MINNEAPOLIS — UnitedHealth Group on Thursday announced that a longtime employee in the company has been named the new leader of its health insurance arm, nearly two months after the killing of former CEO Brian Thompson. Tim Noel, who joined UHG in 2007 and most recently served as UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement...