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New race-neutral kidney evaluation moves thousands of Black patients up transplant waitlist
KABC 7 Los Angeles· 1 day agoEvans, 29, was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in January 2012. The U.S. faces a dire kidney...
CSL Vifor and Travere Therapeutics Announce European Commission approves FILSPARI® (sparsentan) for...
KOLR - KSFX Ozarks· 1 hour agoCSL Vifor and Travere Therapeutics, Inc., (NASDAQ: TVTX) today announced that the European Commission has granted conditional marketing authorization (CMA) for FILSPARI (sparsentan) for the ...
Children and their battles with kidney stones
WILX 10 Lansing· 12 hours agoWhen you think of kidney stones, you may think of middle-aged men. In fact, 11 percent of Americans will have a kidney stone at some point in their lives...
10-year-old Jake Algerio of Honesdale awaits donor for kidney transplant
Tri-County Independent via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoJake was 2 when he required peritoneal dialysis. At only 4 years old in 2017, a kidney transplant...
Evans kidney patient sues over ‘racist’ transplant waitlist
News 12 Augusta· 1 day agoThe lawsuit states that for more than two decades, the United Network for Organ Sharing and its...
Adopting a Wellness Mindset: Kidney Conversations With Dr. Vincent Anthony (Part 1 of 3) - Los...
Los Angeles Sentinel· 6 days agoAccording to the American Kidney Fund, 37 million Americans have kidney disease, and 808,000 Americans are living with kidney failure ...
A Miraculous Match with Intermountain Health
KLAS articles via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoEach April, the United States recognizes National Donate Life Month, bringing attention to organ, eye, and tissue donation and transplantation. Donate...
Prune Belly Syndrome: What It Is and What to Expect
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 2 days agoPrune belly syndrome, also known as Eagle-Barrett syndrome, is a very rare birth defect. It causes a wrinkled appearance of a child’s belly. Learn more.
Race-based test kept Black people from getting a kidney, lawsuit says
Atlanta Journal-Constitution· 2 days agoCleveland Holt of Evans, Georgia had been waiting for a new kidney for years when he learned from a...
14,280 Black patients moved up transplant waitlist after race scrubbed from criteria
Becker’s Hospital Review· 2 days agoRoughly 14,280 Black kidney transplant candidates moved up the waitlist after race was eliminated from the candidate criteria, ABC News reported April 22. To calculate a person's ...
