For many families, conversations about organ donation don’t come up until they’re forced to. But for Portage la Prairie’s ...

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’s Gavin Brown’s favorite part about having his Dad as his baseball coach? “I always have someone to talk to after practice if I need to,” he says, “and he can help me with extra stuff at home if ...

McCowen was married to Maples' husband, Joshua, for five years. The former couple have two children. Maples has been with him ...

Minnesota State Trooper Kristie Sue Hathaway earned a commendation in 2012 for saving a life on the job, but it's not the only lifesaving move she has made. In 2021, Hathaway stepped forward to donate ...

Altruistic kidney donation remains extremely rare across the United States. The unusual gift has linked these two Mid-South ...

We can’t rely on the small number of earthbound saints willing to save a life. Not with almost 91,000 people awaiting a kidney. On a steamy day in August 2004, I went to the doctor for a routine ...

There's never been a safer time to give a kidney. The risk of death for people who donated a kidney has dropped by more than half in the last decade, according to a study published Wednesday. “It’s ...

LISBON— Seventeen individuals die each day while waiting for an organ transplant, according to statistics from the United ...

FRANKLIN, Tenn. – The last two years haven’t been easy for Chris and Kristen Baker, but they’re stronger for it. Kristen Baker underwent a kidney transplant in June 2023, with her mom as the donor, ...

Data reinforces shift to hypothermic machine perfusion on ORS’ LifePort Kidney Transporter as the improved standard of care in kidney preservation In addition, there was an interim Moers et al. 2012 ...

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 ...