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

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 ...

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% ...

The current kidney care model—focused on late-stage disease and in-center hemodialysis—is unsustainable, because of costs, environmental burden, poor outcomes, and reduced quality of life.

For months, Marc Perez lived a double life. By day, the Bayside, Queens resident worked as an IT account executive. Then he would make the short drive to a nearby hospital for hours of kidney dialysis ...

A report revealed a 17-year life expectancy gap between two Wilmington, North Carolina, neighborhoods. The data, from 2010-2015, is questioned by some county officials who cite more recent investments ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A local family is asking for help to save a father’s life as he waits for a living kidney donor after years of dialysis. Terry Ross needs a kidney transplant after learning about ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Eighteen-month-old Claire Stannard has spent her entire life tethered to a dialysis machine, but her family is hoping a living donor will step forward to give her a chance at a ...

The actress, who was born with underdeveloped kidneys, had her first kidney transplant in 2017. Now she's searching for another living donor Michael Buckner/Billboard via Getty Bijou Phillips is ...

Studies have reported on survival probabilities of people born with open spina bifida, a condition where the spinal cord and nerves are exposed through an opening in the back. Research published in ...