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Just a couple of months ago, a 24-year-old from Scottsdale with chronic kidney disease said he thought he found a donor, but ...
Philadelphia forever connected through the gift of an organ donation 02:46. A local high school baseball team helped one of their own find a new chance at life throu ...
Megan Bosack, 21, traveled from Rockland County, New York to finally meet Bautista, 17, who received her donated kidney. They hugged for the first time at Temple University Hospital on Friday. Over ...
A new explainable AI tool shows strong accuracy in predicting hospital readmission after renal transplantation, offering clinicians greater risk insight.
More than 100,000 people nationwide, including 5,000 in the Philadelphia area, are waiting for organ donations, a reality ...
The results suggest that kidney pumping may be an effective strategy to mitigate the risk of graft failure. Kidney pumping of both mate kidneys with a cold ischemia time greater than 12 hours “should ...
Otway Mayfield and Tywa Hughes reconnect after 30 years for a life-saving kidney transplant, while also overcoming cancer ...
Living donor donations are less common in communities of color, though medical research shows Black and Hispanic candidates often account for a larger portion of the national kidney transplant list.
At 3 years, patients on hemodialysis who developed gout had a 6% lower likelihood of being wait-listed for a kidney transplant. Patients with gout had a 43% higher likelihood of death. BOSTON ...
His name is Shane Cleveland—he gave me a healthy kidney. They told me at Christmas ... Today, after a successful transplant in February, Robinson is back on his feet, speaking with gratitude ...
Looney, a 53-year-old-woman from Alabama, had been on dialysis for nine years before she received the pig kidney transplant in late November, becoming only the third person to receive a kidney ...
The world's longest-lasting pig organ transplant has failed, doctors announced Friday. Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., had her pig kidney removed on April 4, after her body rejected the ...