On the day he received a kidney transplant, Esbon Mwangi woke up in the middle of the surgery.“I could hear them exclaiming that I was awake,” he recalls. “But I couldn’t move. I couldn’t ...

The biggest risk for many during their retirement years is running out of money. That’s the core issue that longer life expectancies create. Longevity risk, or the chance that savings don’t last as ...

Most people are born with two kidneys and can live healthy, full lives with just one, making it possible to donate a kidney ...

Practice recommendations from large dialysis organizations and government action have contributed to a resurgence in ...

A major international trial has found that daily fish oil supplements significantly reduced life-threatening cardiovascular events in dialysis patients. People who took four grams per day had a 43% ...

A racially biased medical test for years kept Black people from getting kidney transplants. A new study shows a national plan ...

I’m Kay Torcuator, and I want to introduce myself to those who haven’t heard of my story, and update those who have.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Our four-part series called “Gift of Life” focuses on the Lehigh Valley Health Network’s kidney transplant program. In this fourth and last report, we meet the chief surgeon and the ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, disabling, inflammatory disease that damages your nerves. People with MS typically live roughly seven years less than the general population, with an average life ...

March is National Kidney Month. Two years ago, WIS introduced you to Brittany Dickerson, a mother, daughter and woman of faith facing kidney failure.