returned home following her April 4 surgery at NYU ... their journey to overcoming kidney disease," Looney told The Associated Press. Looney has been receiving dialysis since 2016 and was ...

A patient with end-stage kidney disease successfully received a genetically engineered porcine kidney and was released from ...

It may sound strange, but I never had any doubts about my decision to donate a kidney to a stranger. During a philosophy ... one year after he resumed dialysis. And my birthday is April 2 – 4/2 – so ...

Medicare covers dialysis ... during the first 3 months of dialysis your doctor indicates that you should finish training so you can do your own dialysis treatments If you’re getting a kidney ...

Employment among patients with kidney disease remains low even after dialysis or a transplant, with physical and social ...

Switching to an in-house dialysis model may support health care facilities in care efforts and lead to high quality outcomes for patients, according to study data. Brittni McGill, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, ...

A pig kidney kept an Alabama woman alive for five months - longer than anyone ever before. Doctors aren't sure yet why it suddenly stopped.

For Dana, the surgery is a gift, giving her a chance at a longer, healthier life. It's also the second gift she's received during this process. Her ex-husband, Damon, offered to be her kidney donor.

Scientists are genetically altering pigs so their organs are more humanlike to address a severe shortage of transplantable ...