A Knox County man who pleaded guilty Friday to his 13th drunken driving offense will serve four years behind bars, but he’ll lose a kidney first. picked by Bornbad 7 days ago

The 8-year-old on the pamphlet needed a kidney transplant, and Bolan knew she could help. She did a quick Web search on the surgery and talked it over with her husband. Then she made a phone call to offer one of her kidneys to Sarah d**kman. picked by lkrofct 9 months ago

People who naturally carry a probiotic bacteria called Oxalobacter formigenes are 70 percent less likely to develop kidney stones than people whose dietary tracts lack the bacteria, according to a study. picked by karenben 4 weeks 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 5 months ago

Melbourne renal specialists have discovered a gene that helps the kidney develop in infancy and repair itself in older age - a double job they believe has the ability to revolutionise the way organ disease is treated. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

Police found paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet that were among four paintings worth $163 million stolen from a private museum in a Feb. 10 armed robbery.

The original post about the heist is here. picked by MandolinOrange 10 months ago

A British woman got the ultimate gift from a loyal employee -- a new kidney. picked by AutumnLotus 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

Sandie Andersen, a friendly Starbucks barista, recently offered one of her customers the gift of life. picked by Marli 9 months 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 6 months ago

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

Kind of a follow-up to this.

original picked by kxmk 2 years 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 10 months ago

It's traditional to symbolically give your heart to your beloved on Valentine's Day. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Poor Indians are being tricked into selling their kidneys for up to $2,500. picked by kamaloo 10 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 4 months ago

I just saw an ad that this exhibit is in NYC and thought that Bornbad's post was worth revisiting. I do want to try and see it. picked by suebe 1 year ago

A couple who grew apart and had agreed to split up were reunited by a life-threatening crisis. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago