kidney transplant

A beloved school crossing guard is starting the new year with a new lease on life: a kidney she’s been waiting years to receive. Marian Jones has been a crossing guard with Lakewood Elementary School for more than 11 years. In 2015, she learned of her kidney failure and need for a kidney transplant. Since then, Jones said she’s needed…

A beloved school crossing guard is starting the new year with a new lease on life: a kidney she’s been waiting years to receive.

A woman who advertised her need for a new kidney on her car windows found a willing donor where she least expected it.

A New Jersey hospital mistakenly gave a kidney transplant to the wrong patient who happens to have the same name as the intended recipient.

A woman who advertised her need for a new kidney on her car windows found a willing donor where she least expected it.

Advancements in dialysis treatment give opportunity for better care, according to staff at Medical City Dallas, the only Texas hospital to offer new portable dialysis machines.

For years, John Shepperd and Kim Azar Shepperd knew that both their children would eventually need kidney transplants and now it’s happened in San Antonio with each youth getting a kidney from the same deceased donor.

A new national program is helping people get kidney transplants faster with the help of a complete stranger.

A new national program is helping people get kidney transplants faster with the help of a complete stranger.

Surgeons in Baltimore have performed what’s thought to be the world’s first kidney transplant from a living donor with HIV, a milestone for patients with the AIDS virus who need a new organ.

Two East Texas brothers share a special bond — and now an organ.
They’re the faces of Methodist Dallas Medical Center’s 100th kidney transplant of 2018.

A Gurnee woman no longer needs dialysis thanks to her younger brother’s ultimate gift.

A North Texas mother and daughter underwent successful kidney transplant surgeries Friday at Methodist Dallas Medical Center and it was all streamed live on Facebook.

When her son was diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening kidney condition, a Prince George’s County woman didn’t think twice about donating her kidney.

A Dallas hospital offers a transplant program catered for Spanish-speaking patients, amid a national study that finds minorities are still much less likely to undergo kidney transplants than white patients.

Woman who donated a kidney to a stranger meets the recipient during a unique reunion at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

A pilot is underway now. If all goes well, the National Institutes of Health plans to open enrollment early next year.

A pop star with North Texas ties is bringing attention to a disease that’s rarely in the spotlight. Selena Gomez revealed she’s recovering from a kidney transplant that was necessary because of her battle with lupus, an autoimmune disease.

North Texas native Selena Gomez recently received a kidney transplant from television actress Francia Raisa due to her struggle with lupus, the actress-singer revealed Thursday.

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