The Weymouth man who received the world’s first successful transplant of a genetically-edited pig kidney has been discharged from Massachusetts General Hospital, calling it “one of the ...
I am not a spokesman. I am simply a fan and supporter of the End Kidney Deaths Act, a bill put together by a group of kidney policy experts and living donors that would represent the single ...
New research highlights health gap for Black Americans 01:35 Jazmin Evans had been waiting for a new kidney for four years when her hospital revealed shocking news: She should have been put on the ...
A guest essay argued in favor of payments. Readers, including donors, offer divergent views. To the Editor: Re “We Should Be Allowed to Sell Our Kidneys,” by Dylan Walsh (Opinion guest essay ...
The health care system at large has sometimes embraced false beliefs about racial differences in people’s bodies — and the way we assess kidney health and kidney donor eligibility are prime ...
Rick Slayman's new kidney is working well and he was released from the hospital on Wednesday. Michelle Rose/Massachusetts General Hospital Effectively transplanting an organ from an animal to a ...
At the Vox website, Dylan Matthews offers a compelling defense of the proposed End Kidney Deaths Act. He makes good points, and I agree the act would be a major improvement over the status quo.
MINDY BASARA. HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO FOR A FRIEND? WELL, WHEN DENISE HARRIS TOLD RUSS REDHEAD THAT HER HUSBAND AND HIS FRIEND JAMES NEEDED A KIDNEY, RUSS SAID, I’M IN. JAMES HARRIS AND RUSS ...
When cells in your kidney grow out of control, kidney cancer can occur. Kidney cancer is rare and makes up about 2% of all cancers in the United States. Most people with kidney cancer don’t ...
Will you need dialysis one day? Should you prepare for a kidney transplant 10 or 20 years down the road? You may not get answers until you’ve lived with the disease for many years. “ ...
American adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD), of which there are an estimated 20 million, are in the highest-risk group for developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to new clinical ...
A reader asks: I’ve had several urinary infections recently. The last one was quite severe, with pain in my kidney. Though it cleared up with antibiotics, the scan my doctor arranged has shown I ...