Baby boy lives life with three kidneys after transplant from doting dad at Glasgow hospital
Lockie Learmonth was just 18 months old when he received a kidney from his dad, Calum Learmonth, at the Royal Hospital for ...
'I was born with kidney disease - my dad saved my life by giving me best gift'
Hattie Stiff, 28, from Somerset, was born with kidney disease and received her first transplant when she was just two and a ...
80 year old mother donates kidney to her son in a remarkable story of love
An 80-year-old woman donated her kidney to her 59-year-old son with end-stage renal disease. The transplant was successfully ...
'I received my first kidney transplant aged two - 22 years later my dad saved my life'
Hattie Stiff underwent her first kidney transplant when she was just two and a half years old - but she needed another ...
AIIMS to set up organ retrieval bank in Bathinda
Live transplants are done when patients get a kidney or other organ from a blood-related donor, whereas under cadaveric ...
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Govt to introduce kidney swapping. Will it bridge the country’s transplant gap?
A “kidney swap” occurs when a living donor is incompatible with his or her recipient but matches another person on the wait list, resulting in two live donor transplants ...
Stop popping pills, eat clean and exercise to prevent chronic kidney disease, says nephrologist.
Dr Saroj Ghaskadbi, 65, has never felt a stronger bond with her husband Dr Surendra Ghaskadbi, who donated his kidney to her after their tissue matched perfectly. “I live to see another day, hear the ...
‘Life-changing’: Winston-Salem man donates kidney to friend he met playing tennis
To James Banner and Phillip “Skip” Skipper, tennis is more than just a game. “Competition and sport and just commonality, ...
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Dell Seton Medical Center expands kidney transplant center through new clinic
Dell Seton Medical Center opened a new, expanded clinic for its Adult Abdominal Transplant Center, which aims to provide ...
Tillamook dialysis patients forced to drive long distances as Oregon officials take months to OK reopening local clinic
For the last year, dialysis patients have been forced to make several trips each week to Lincoln City, Astoria or Forest Grove to seek critical care.
American Kidney Fund's 5th Annual Living Donor Report Card Reveals Mixed Progress, Calls for Urgent Action to Support Living Donors
More than 815,000 Americans are living with kidney failure, and nearly 555,000 Americans are on dialysis. Between 2012 and 2022, the annual count of those on dialysis who received a kidney transplant ...
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Spine procedures pushing ahead in ASCs: LLIF, endoscopic and more
As many spine procedures become more minimally invasive, they’re also in a good position to grow in the ASC setting. Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed to spine surgeons around ...