A Newark woman needed a new kidney, so her friend stepped up to deliver one. Here's why and what their journey looked like ...

I’m one of the lucky ones. I needed a kidney transplant due to a genetic condition called polycystic kidney disease. When I learned that more than 90,000 Americans remain on the kidney transplant ...

What is your approach to living donor kidney transplantation in the context of a donor with a family history of diabetes mellitus (DM)? Specifically, what are the risks for the donor with a strong ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I was surprised to learn that even though I have type 2 diabetes, I possibly could be a candidate to donate a kidney to my husband who has end-stage kidney disease. Would donating a ...

More than 16,000 people in Arizona are living with kidney failure, according to the American Kidney Fund. The fastest, and often the best, way to get a transplant is through a living donor. 25,968 ...

For those with kidney failure, a transplant is often the greatest promise of a healthier, longer life. Yet thousands wait ...

ROCKVILLE, Md., July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As part of the American Kidney Fund (AKF)’s continuing efforts to increase living kidney donation, AKF announced today that its Living Donor ...

At the Kroger in Danville, Store Manager Greg Dean has a connection with the community and his customers. Dean jokes that he ...

January 11, 2007 — A national exchange program in the Netherlands found successful matches for 49% of 146 living kidney donor-recipient pairs who had incompatible blood types or positive crossmatches.

More than 90,000 Americans are on the kidney transplant waitlist, with long wait times and a high mortality rate. Living kidney donation is crucial to address the organ shortage, but high costs deter ...