Renal Dialysis

Barriers included type of kidney disease, race, insurance, income, and transportation

An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday — a disappointment in the ongoing quest for animal-to-human transplants.

Patient is back on dialysis

The family of Calvin Dickey Jr. has filed a lawsuit against Bucknell University claiming negligence in the death of their son, who died after collapsing during a team practice.

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Evelyn Bontogon-Guerrero, popularly known as Matutina – the comedian with a distinctive squeaky voice – dies aged 78

Up to 50 transplant patients will receive a genetically modified pig kidney in a clinical trial that will launch this summer

Steve Coleman was kept for 21 months after his parole date because the state could not find a nursing home placement.

Expanded Ozempic approval in the U.S. could transform how doctors treat patients with chronic kidney disease, which involves a gradual loss of kidney function.

An Alabama woman passed a major milestone Saturday to become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant - healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 days and counting.

Icelandic officials have revealed that 17 people were affected in a Salmonella outbreak from January to May 2024. The outbreak control team (OCT) had

For seven years, the cardiac surgical team has leveraged computational fluid dynamics software to provide consistent preoperative planning for pediatric congenital heart disease patients and improve outcomes. Sharing workflows is reaching more patients.

A legislative effort to expand access to prenatal care in rural Oregon with mobile clinics was scuttled because those clinics would have provided abortions in rural areas. Opposition to the proposal shows that, even in states that ensure access to abortions, that care isn't universally available or accepted.

While better than usual care, only some achieved a clinically important difference

An Alabama woman is recovering well after a pig kidney transplant last month in New York City that freed her from eight years of dialysis, the latest effort to save human lives with animal organs.

Thirteen children under the age of 14 have died at hospitals in central Mexico, and authorities suspect contaminated IV feeding bags

An older sister's kidney donation gave Dominique Elston a chance to pursue her dreams and ultimately graduate with a nursing degree from UAB.

The glucose-lowering and weight-reducing drug class appears to benefit the heart and kidneys in people with lupus and lupus nephritis, independently of glucose-lowering and weight loss.

Weight loss drugs like Wegovy, Zepbound and Ozempic would be covered by Medicare and Medicaid under a Biden administration proposal.

An endocrinologist answers some of the tough questions that arise from discordant results on thyroid testing and how to talk to patients about thyroid disease.