If every family battled kidney disease like the Strackhouse family, there’d be no shortage of donor kidneys — only recovering ...

“This technology meaningfully improves the way we assess and utilize donor kidneys — particularly those that are suitable for transplant but might otherwise go unused,” said Jaqueline Garonzik Wang, M ...

Tim Fitzpatrick, a father of a chronically ill child, saw the story of a boy in need of a new kidney and felt compelled to help.

In under 12 hours, a kidney was removed from a living donor in Colorado, flown across the country, and successfully transplanted to a teenage girl in South Florida.

Every mile of the Boston Marathon means something different to every runner. In the week leading up to Marathon Monday, we’re asking: What’s behind your 26.2-mile trek? For Kortney Hixson, it’s her ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'd like to become a living kidney donor. What's involved and how do I prepare if I'd like to donate a kidney? ANSWER: You've made a generous and meaningful decision to become a ...

Whether it be from injuries or medical complications, losing one or more limbs has a massive impact on life and what a person can or cannot do. Although there are many different types of prosthetics ...

A new review pinpoints five evidence-backed ways to prevent kidney stones. Those prone to stones are likely to experience recurrence, so these tactics are important. Some are as simple as dietary ...

A detailed new map of the human kidney revealed a previously unrecognized form of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) marked by ...

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — They lived just doors away from each other for years and never met. Now, a life-saving kidney donation has connected them in a way neither ever expected. Greg Jacobson and Cindy ...

April 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the expanded use of Travere Therapeutics' (TVTX.O), opens new tab drug to treat a rare kidney disorder, the company ‌said on ...