ANDREA MCLEAN'S BODY STORY 'THESE ARE MY SCARS AND THIS IS WHO I AM' Andrea was one of nine panellists who stripped off to their swimwear for the Loose Women Body Stories campaign, shot by Bryan ...

As it advances, excessive fibrosis or buildup of scar tissue impairs the ability of the kidneys to filter toxins from the blood and reabsorb water, often leading to kidney failure. There are ...

Michelle bravely agreed to show her scars and talked us through the surgeries she's had to save her life, admitting, 'I'm shaking'. She said: 'My whole thing is about trying to get women to be ...

"Poor people go to hospital for minor surgery of some kind, abdominal surgery, or for women ... scar than expected." "They learn later on that while they were in for this minor surgery a kidney ...

The study, published in Science Translational Medicine, highlights the role of type 5 collagen - a minor component of scar tissue - in kidney fibrosis, and shows how an experimental therapy could ...