CHICAGO (CBS) — A 74-year-old Zion man is celebrating a new lease on life after he underwent a kidney transplant while he was still awake. Harry Stackhouse, a father of six and grandfather to 17 ...

A Zion man is the second to recover from an awake kidney transplant at Northwestern Medicine.

Scott Scannell has faced a decade-long battle with polycystic kidney disease. After years on dialysis and a national ...

CHICAGO, Ill. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - There are more than 780,000 people living with kidney disease. On average, 25,000 people will receive a transplant each year, but 90,000 people are still on the ...

Zachary Ryan Short, 33, is in Stage 5 kidney failure caused by a genetic disease. He took to social media to try and find the ...

Read about an awake kidney transplant at Northwestern Medicine, where a 74-year-old patient was discharged just 36 hours after the painless procedure.

Awake kidney transplants: A new norm for surgery? On July 15, Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine performed its second-ever awake kidney transplant. The patient was a 74-year-old man, who left the ...

For patients who can't have anesthesia, a new approach to surgery allows them to remain awake during their own kidney transplants.

Stem cell donations save lives—and they are often a selfless act to help a stranger. But one case involving a Chicago man with leukemia shows it can help the donor too—in profound ways.

A Zion man is the second to recover from an awake kidney transplant at Northwestern Medicine. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch Harry Stackhouse was diagnosed with COVID-19 ...

CHICAGO, Ill. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - There are more than 780,000 people living with kidney disease. On average, 25,000 people will receive a transplant each year. But 90,000 people are still on the ...