Kidney

HOUSTON, Texas (KTAL/KMSS) — Shreveport Police Officer Samantha Gwinn's kidney transplant surgery was successful. According to Shreveport Police, Officer Gwynn is recovering after undergoing surgery Friday at Houston Methodist Transplant …

HERSHEY, Pa. (WHTM) – Penn State Health has announced it will suspend kidney transplant surgeries at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center for two weeks. Penn State Health said the decision …

Just before midnight on March 24, a quiet, boring, peaceful evening was transformed into an excited frenzy at the Lakewood Ranch waterside home of Robert and Kathy Lempert. They were …

Tammy Edwards has been heritage Music ran in her family as she was the lead singer of the gospel group Tammy Edwards and the Edwards Sisters. “Music saved my life,” …

Approximately 95,000 people in the United States are waiting for a kidney transplant. Receiving an organ from a living donor is the best way to live a healthy life for …

The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs whose primary function is to filter blood and remove waste from the body. Kidneys are located on either side of the spine, just below …

NEW YORK (AP) — Doctors transplanted a pig kidney into a dying New Jersey woman. This is part of two dramatic surgeries to stabilize her weakened heart. Lisa Pisano has …

Dr. Jeffrey Stern, assistant professor of surgery at New York University's Grossman School of Medicine, and Dr. Robert Montgomery, director of the New York University Langone Transplant Institute, prepare a …

Doctors will perform a pig kidney transplant on April 12th. The patient is making a good recovery so far, but doctors must continue to monitor him in the hospital to …

SSurgeons at New York University Langone Health have performed the first surgery to combine a mechanical heart pump with a gene-edited pig kidney transplant. The patient is a 54-year-old woman …