New research from the University of Wollongong (UOW) has found that a diet rich in diverse plant foods can significantly benefit people living with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The study was led ...

In honor of National Donate Life Month, Banner – University Medicine hosted a special event on Saturday to celebrate living kidney donors. More than 16,000 people in Arizona are currently living ...

like smoking and a poor diet, that could hasten kidney disease progression, she said. Based on their history of pre-donation hypertension, only male living kidney donors without pre-donation ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) – A 22-year-old Miami University graduate is urgently seeking a living kidney donor to avoid the grueling process of dialysis. Maria Valentina Almeida, whose kidneys are ...

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig ...

Of Philadelphia families who preferred a language other than English, 24% chose living kidney donation for their child. These families face distinct barriers and facilitators to living kidney ...

On April 2, 2024, he received a new kidney from a living donor. The Zaniks, along with their three children, 17-year-old Ava, 15-year-old Oskar and 13-year-old Lucy, celebrated the one-year ...

TAMPA (BLOOM) – Medical Director of the Living Donor Kidney Program at Tampa General Hospital’s (TGH) Transplant Institute, Dr. Pranjal Jain, joins Gayle Guyardo, the host of Bloom ...

Towana Looney lived for more than four months with a kidney from a pig instead of her ... waiting on organ transplant lists, hoping for a living person to donate one of their kidneys or for ...

Rick Ward has lived without a kidney most his life and has lived a healthy life until up until just last month. And as someone who’s worked his entire life helping others, he’s hoping someone ...