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Kidney failure is a common symptom of multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer that affects the body's plasma cells. That's exactly what happened to Joan Kukla, a 70-year-old Cleveland, Ohio, …

EYAGER, WV (WVVA) – Dawn Robinette, a wife and mother to a 12-year-old son, is a McDowell County native who has struggled with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for many …

Docwire NewsFirst U.S. Patient Receives Robot-Assisted Double Kidney Transplant In March, a Cleveland Clinic patient became the first in the U.S. to receive a robot-assisted double kidney transplant. 15 hours …

Imagine having the chance to save someone's life with a simple decision. In 2021, Danny Sams was faced with the harsh reality of pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease that makes …

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A young woman from Montgomery County is fighting desperately for her life: She needs a lung transplant but most hospitals are turning her down. Following tubing to …

Doctors say former Steamboat Springs resident Chuck Brude has a 50 percent chance of living longer than two years unless he undergoes a double lung transplant. This week, Brood was …

Old technologies, applied in new and innovative ways, can still save lives. It was for David “Davey” Bauer, a 34-year-old from Missouri who, as a heavy smoker and vape, had …

I have always loved sports since I was a child and enjoyed swimming, cheerleading and track and field. At age 11, I was diagnosed with diabetes and suffered from neuropathy, …

A six-month-old girl born with a life-threatening lung disease can now breathe on her own thanks to a rare double lung condition. Transplantation. Shortly after she was born on Nov. …

It all started with a minor cough when Shannon was in her final year of graduate school at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. “The cough turned out to be pneumonia …