Already sick, former patients of the failed kidney and liver transplant units face rejection and despair as they look ...

Fluid collection is a common complication after kidney transplantation. Causes of fluid collection are: lymphocele, urine leak, hematoma, and seroma. Fluid collections can be asymptomatic ...

Overall, the findings show kidney transplantation between donors and recipients with HIV was safe and noninferior to ...

Kidney disease had taken the lives of three close relatives—his father and two first cousins—and he didn’t want the same thing to happen to him. White was on and off the transplant list in ...

Medicare then covers some of the costs for the person receiving a transplant. For a kidney transplant, Medicare covers the costs for the individual donating a kidney. Doctors recommend transplants ...

For patients who can't have anesthesia, a new approach to surgery allows them to remain awake during their own kidney ...

A 28-year-old Franklin County man is headed to UVA for a kidney transplant. As WFIR's Denise Allen Membreno reports he is an ...

Rock Local First Benefit Concert for Tommy Barnes is 2-9 p.m. Oct. 27 at 1100 W. Fourth St., with a suggested donation of $20 ...

Kidney transplant recipients who used statins had a lower risk for cardiovascular disease and slight increased risk for rhabdomyolysis.

People who volunteer to donate a kidney face an even lower risk of death from the operation than doctors have long thought, researchers reported Wednesday. Whether dialysis is the best option for ...

said Lindsay Frusciante, Hadley's mom. That moment came a couple of weeks ago. Hadley underwent a kidney transplant in August, extremely rare for a one year old. Her aunt was ready to donate a ...

Jonathan Calixto says he’s proud of what he gave up for his father — donating a kidney to him last year. “I immediately knew I wanted to step in, in any way I could,” Calixto said.