That’s because we have two but only need one, and the kidney ... years after the transplant; his death was unrelated to that procedure. Hawai‘i’s first living-donor transplant was in 1969. “Donor ...

For those with kidney ... small incisions, which helps with faster recovery,” she says. Full recovery can take up to six weeks, but many people start feeling better around three weeks after ...

Dr. Subhash Gupta warns that young, fit Indians are falling prey to liver damage — not from alcohol, but from rising obesity, ...

How long do you expect to live? In reality, it is likely to be close to the current adult life expectancy of about 70 to 80 years. Yet according to leading population expert James Vaupel, a baby ...

Even so, severe complications are relatively uncommon, affecting only around 8% of surgeries ... Surgical site pain, bruising, and swelling are considered normal parts of the healing process after ...

Over nearly 5 years of follow-up, kidney transplant recipients exposed to hot temperatures also had a 30% higher risk for a ...

However, a study published in the Bhutan Health Journal reveals that many kidney transplant recipients in the country are living with poor health-related quality of life, struggling physically, ...

A Broken Arrow mother is speaking out for the first time after a traumatic childbirth in January left her in need of a life-saving kidney transplant.

An Alabama woman is back on dialysis after receiving a groundbreaking pig kidney transplant that her body ... with friends and family without planning around dialysis treatments.

A kidney transplant patient has died in Ohio after receiving an organ infected with rabies. The recipient received care in Lucas County, Ohio, in December 2024, the Toledo-Lucas County Health ...

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 ...