Nebraska Medicine honored organ and tissue donors by raising a Donate Life flag with the help of a 3-year-old kidney transplant recipient ...

In honor of Donate Life Month, the University of Maryland Medical Center and Infinite Legacy raised a flag celebrating organ ...

Our bodies can function perfectly fine with one kidney, whereas the liver can grow back (doctors only take out a piece for transplantation). While there are some short-term risks—as with any ...

This means a healthy kidney is removed from a donor and placed into a patient whose kidneys are not working properly. Dr. Carrie Jadlowiec, a Mayo Clinic transplant surgeon, says a living-donor ...

Patients hoping for a kidney transplant must first undergo a battery of medical tests to determine whether they are suitable candidates for the procedure and healthy enough to take post-transplant ...

But on the day of her surgery, fear turned into excitement as Dana made San Diego medical history. She became the first patient in San Diego to receive a kidney transplant using Intuitive's new Da ...