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When Matthew Jones decided to donate a kidney to a stranger, the Michigan father of five had no idea he’d be starting a lifesaving, “pay it forward”...
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A court has rejected a New York surgeon’s claim that he should get $1.5 million in his divorce settlement because he donated a kidney to his wife.
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A court has rejected a New York surgeon’s claim that he should get $1.5 million in his divorce settlement because he donated a kidney to his wife.
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Surgeons removed a woman’s kidney through her vagina so she could give it to her ailing niece, an unusual operation they hope will encourage others to donate...
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Donating a kidney doesn’t appear to have any long-term health consequences for the donor, a reassuring study shows. Researchers at the University of Minnesota...
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The woman whose estranged husband is demanding $1.5 million for the kidney he gave her during happier times denies accusations that she was unfaithful.
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A New York doctor is demanding that his estranged wife pay him $1.5 million to compensate him for the kidney he gave her while they were still on good terms.
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Kidney dialysis products maker Fresenius Medical Care AG said Tuesday its third quarter net profit increased 14 percent on better sales and “above market...
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To the great surprise of parents, kidney stones, once considered a disorder of middle age, are now showing up in children as young as 5 or 6.
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Nearly one in three patients who need a kidney transplant may never get one because their bodies are abnormally primed to attack a donated organ.
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A former president of the University of Notre Dame is recovering after donating a kidney in a four-patient transplant.
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A former University of Notre Dame president plans to donate a kidney to a woman Monday in a four-patient transplant procedure involving his nephew as a recipient.
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Brad Kaster donated a kidney to his father this week, and he barely has a scar to show for it. The kidney was removed through a single incision in his bellybutton, a...
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A Phoenix man is giving his fiancee a kidney instead of an engagement ring.
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Twenty-two years after graduating from high school, Angie Collins is now her former English teacher’s favorite student.Collins, 40, donated her kidney this week...
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Foreigners will be permanently banned from receiving kidneys for transplant in the Philippines to prevent the country from becoming a major Asian center in a thriving...
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With her mother desperately in need of a transplant, Laura Ashworth told family and friends she wanted to donate one of her kidneys.
So when the 21-year-old died after...
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We like to think there isn’t anything we wouldn’t do for a friend, but Michael A. Moore has the proof: On Thursday, he donated his kidney to his best...
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A Philippine official called Tuesday for a permanent ban on kidney transplants for foreigners.Health Secretary Francisco Duque signed an order last week to create a...
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Two grade-school friends from New York City who are now connected by more than shared memories are recovering after one gave the other a kidney.Recipient Ricardo Manier...
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Hemodialysis patients, having poor circulation in their legs, reduce pain with the help of spinal cord stimulation. Dr. Mario Bonomini says that by implanting a spinal...
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To tell us that its time to focus on the rapidly advancing disease, yesterday was held as the ‘World Kidney Day’ for the first time ever. It is a...
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Obese are too vulnerable to develop kidney disease, to the extent that the risk for the morbidly obese is seven-fold higher! This is according to an US study.
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