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Thousands of Black patients moved up the national kidney transplant waitlist after new, race-neutral...
13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads· 1 hour agoAfter a series of tests, doctors told Norris he had pneumonia. "They did [an] ultrasound on my ...
Kidney Patients Issue National Health Alert on High Potassium
Benzinga· 31 minutes agoMay 1 is 5th Annual National High Potassium Awareness Day Alert Comes as FDA Advances Potassium-Based Salt Substitutes and Ignores Kidney Community Concerns About Known Risks to Vulnerable People WASHINGTON, April 30,
More families seek court order against doctor involved in Memorial Hermann transplant scandal
ABC13 Houston· 4 hours agoAs one of Memorial Hermann's top doctors is at the center of a transplant scandal, more families are...
She was too sick for a traditional transplant. So she received a pig kidney and a heart pump
San Francisco Chronicle· 6 days agoLisa Pisano’s combination of heart and kidney failure left her too sick to qualify for a traditional...
Family seeks justice after alleged wrongful death linked to organ transplant program
FOX 26 Houston· 2 hours agoRecent developments surrounding Memorial Hermann's organ transplant program have sparked legal...
Woman Becomes First Person to Receive Both Pig Kidney Transplant and Heart Pump
Scientific American· 6 days agoPeople with heart failure may be eligible to receive a heart transplant; people with kidney failure...
Penn State Health halts liver transplants as national oversight body reviews program
Lancaster Online· 8 hours agoPenn State Health has stopped performing liver transplants at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center while...
US surgeons transplant pig kidney to live patient for second time
AFP via Yahoo News· 6 days agoSurgeons in the United States have transplanted a modified pig kidney into a living person for the...
University of Utah Health's living kidney donor program is saving additional lives
KSL Salt Lake City· 18 hours agokidney donation at University of Utah Health's Transplant Center. The growth in the living donor...
Woman becomes 1st patient to undergo combined heart pump implant, pig kidney transplant
KUTV Salt Lake City· 6 days agoA 54-year-old woman from New Jersey became the first patient to undergo a combined heart pump...