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A military veteran who received the first-ever whole-eye and partial-face transplant is speaking out about the life-changing surgery. The recipient, 46-year-old Aaron James of Hot Springs, Arkansas, was working as an electrical lineman in 2021 when his face touched a live wire — and received a 7,200-volt electric shock. As a result of the accident, James lost his left eye, most of his left arm, his nose and lips, his front teeth, his left cheek area and his chin, according to a press release from NYU Langone Health. PIG HEART RECIPIENT’S ‘LAST WISH’ WAS TO HELP DOCTORS LEARN FROM PROCEDURE, DYING MAN SAID: ‘WE WILL MISS HIM’ On May 27 of this year, James underwent a 21-hour surgery. It was led by Eduardo D. Rodriguez, M.D., DDS, director of the Face Transplant Program and c...

Stomach pain is one of the most common complaints among kids, but most parents have trouble pinpointing the cause and taking action to relieve it, a new poll found. The C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, polled 1,061 randomly selected adults with kids between the ages of three and 10 in February 2023. One in six parents (17%) said their kids complain of stomach pain on at least a monthly basis, but only 58% of those parents brought up the issue with their pediatricians, according to a press release discussing the study’s findings. WEIGHT LOSS SURGERIES ON THE RISE AMONG KIDS AND TEENS, STUDY FINDS: ‘ALTERING THE ANATOMY’ Only one in three parents said they can determine with confidence when tummy pain is a warning sign of a serious condition in their children.  A maj...