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 ...
It started with a fierce rivalry at the pool table. Facing off in a high-stakes tournament at the Bank Shot Bar and Grill in Laurel a decade ago, James Harris Jr. and Russ Redhead were playing for ...
She needed both a new heart pump and a new kidney, but because she was on dialysis, she wasn't a good candidate for the heart pump, and because of her heart problems she wouldn't have qualified ...
The patient was not considered a candidate for traditional organ transplants. In a first-of-its-kind procedure, a terminally ill patient has become the first person in the world to undergo a gene ...
THE HUSBAND CONTINUES TO BATTLE KIDNEY FAILURE. BUT AS WE PSU REPORTER ARIELLE BRUMFIELD FOUND OUT, SHE JOINS US. THERE IS GOOD NEWS AMID ALL OF THIS DESTRUCTION, IAN. THAT’S RIGHT, YOU GUYS.
Doctors in New York City performed the first-ever combined heart pump implant and pig kidney transplant on a terminally ill patient. Surgeons at NYU Langone Health carried out the first-of-its ...
The first transplant surgery to combine a mechanical heart pump as well as a gene-edited pig kidney has been completed at NYU Langone Health, the system said Wednesday. The subject, 54-year-old ...
Doctors transplanted a pig kidney into Pisano, who was near death, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also included a fix for her failing heart. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum) In this photo provided ...
High blood glucose can lead to Diabetic Nephropathy, causing kidney damage. Regular tests, controlled diabetes, and blood pressure help prevent severe kidney disease. Follow a healthy lifestyle to ...
Jazmin Evans is one of more than 14,000 Black kidney transplant candidates who found out that an outdated medical test may have inappropriately calculated their need for a transplant. Evans, 29, was ...