Found a match in Everson Walls. Transplant should happen "any day now". picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

Global warming is likely to increase the proportion of the population affected by kidney stones by expanding the higher-risk region known as the "kidney-stone belt" into neighboring states. picked by maxriter 3 months ago

Barista donates kidney to save customer's life

Last fall, Ausnes, 55, was one of nearly 75,000 Americans in need of a kidney. Today, she is recovering from a successful kidney transplant -- thanks to her local Starbucks barista. picked by kakana 6 months ago

In a new Dutch reality TV show, premiering next week, a terminally ill woman will decide who out of three young patients will get her kidney. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

With her mother desperately in need of a transplant, Laura Ashworth told family and friends she wanted to donate one of her kidneys.

So when the 21-year-old died after an asthma attack, it seemed that the tragedy would at least give Rachel Leake a chance of a healthy new life. picked by doggylives 6 months ago

Police had to track him down via cell phone coordinates. picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

A British woman got the ultimate gift from a loyal employee -- a new kidney. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

I don't know why anyone would want a plastinated kidney but who knows. More info on the exhibit can be found in an article here that Bornbad posted awhile back. picked by Phildo 2 years ago

A kidney nets the donor $2,500, sometimes less than half that amount, while recipients -- some 2,000 a year -- pay $6,000 to $12,000. picked by hypnotode 2 years ago

Dutch television broadcaster BNN provoked an international uproar this week when it announced plans to air a live TV game show pitting rival kidney patients against one another in pursuit of a donor organ. But when the show ran on Friday, it proved to be a hoax.

Update to this picked by Queenofhearts 1 year ago

Finley Crampton really shouldn't be here. Although his parents would have loved another child, they knew their baby could inherit a life-threatening kidney condition – and they couldn't take the risk. picked by maxriter 4 months ago

...after trying to sell the guy a vacuum. picked by mandolinorange 12 months ago

Police arrested five people, including a doctor, in the suburbs of Delhi for allegedly removing kidneys from young men without their permission and selling them to wealthy patients. picked by DemureArt 9 months ago

Poor Indians are being tricked into selling their kidneys for up to $2,500. picked by kamaloo 8 months ago

She was too small for even a children's dialysis machine, so her doctor built one from scratch in his garage. picked by tigertony 2 months ago

Nataline Sarkisyan, a 17-year-old from Glendale, Calif., died Thursday just a few hours after her insurer, Cigna Health Care, approved a procedure it had previously described as "too experimental". They had originally agreed to a transplant but then changed their minds when the accountants felt they knew more medicine than the doctors. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

Woman was not told her kidney was high risk, attorney says.

Follow-up to marli's post..and reports that all were fully aware of their high-risk donor, here. picked by cb__ 11 months ago

A couple who grew apart and had agreed to split up were reunited by a life-threatening crisis. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

MELBOURNE scientists have developed a drug that may prevent a condition responsible for up to 45% of all deaths in the Western world. The drug prevents the spread of fibrosis, the scarring of organs that exasperates the severity of many diseases, including kidney diseases. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

Presenters said they were trying to pressure the government into reforming organ donation laws. picked by Caremel 1 year ago