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Bethenny Frankel
health & wellness

Reality Star Says These Symptoms Led to Her Scary Diagnosis

She now shares her early warning signs to encourage others to get tested.

Roosa Rahkonen

Bethenny Frankel attends Netflix's "Kinda Pregnant" New York Premiere at Paris Theater on February 03, 2025 in New York City.
'sick to my stomach'

Reality Star Urges Fans to ‘Get Tested’ Amid Scary Diagnosis

She shared the details of her recent diagnosis on Instagram.

Roosa Rahkonen

Bijou Phillips
SECOND MIRACLE

Danny Masterson’s Ex in Urgent Need of Organ Transplant

The model needs a second kidney transplant after her first donated kidney failed.

Vic Verbalaitis

US Border Patrol ICE agents
DIABOLICAL

ICE Arrests Transplant Patient and Cuts Off Life-Saving Meds

The 38-year-old hasn’t had his kidney transplant medication since he was detained on Thursday.

Vic Verbalaitis

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - MAY 19: Dolly Parton attends the opening of Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum's new exhibit 'Dolly Parton: Journey of a Seeker' at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on May 19, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee.
ON THE MEND

Dolly Parton Insider Gives Update on Her Health Battle

The country star’s health is “getting better every day,” according to a source close to Parton.

Georgina DiNardo

Brad Arnold sings.
‘IT’S NOT MY TIME’

Singer of Huge 90s Band Reveals Stage 4 Cancer Diagnosis

“I’ve got some not-so-good news for you today,” Brad Arnold said.

Erkki Forster

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A general view of a hospital operating room.
GROUNDBREAKING

Surgeons Perform Kidney Transplant on ‘Awake’ Patient

“Grading on the curve that I was having surgery, it was pretty easy,” 28-year-old John Nicholas said after the procedure.

Brett Bachman

Rick Slayman, who received a genetically modified pig kidney transplant
SAD CASE

First Man to Receive Pig Kidney Transplant Dies Months Later

A Massachusetts man accepted the pig kidney after years of medical complications.

Corbin Bolies

Massachusetts General Hospital surgeons have transplanted a genetically engineered kidney into a dialysis patient in a groundbreaking surgery.
‘REMARKABLE’

Patient Receives Breakthrough Pig Kidney Transplant

The organ was taken from a pig with edited genes to reduce the risk of rejection.

Dan Ladden-Hall

Transplant surgeons (from left) Adam Griesemer, MD, Jeffrey Stern, MD, and Robert Montgomery, MD, DPhil, prepare the pig kidney for transplant.
WHOLE HOG

A Pig Kidney Has Worked in a Brain Dead Human for a Month

This is a big step towards addressing the worldwide organ transplant shortage.

Tony Ho Tran

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HIDDEN MENACE

One in Five Adults Infected in U.S. May Have Long COVID: CDC

Researchers uncovered horrific and widespread health issues in patients even months after they initially tested positive.

Dan Ladden-Hall

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