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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. “ ...
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 ...
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 ...