kidney transplant

A Dallas man who recently received a kidney transplant got to meet the family whose unexpected loss gave him a second chance.

This year’s Cowtown Marathon will have special meaning for one participant after a medical condition threatened his career.

In a few days Christmas trees will be surrounded with gifts, but some of the best gifts can’t be wrapped. NBC 5’s Noelle Walker introduces us to a man who is hoping the holidays bring him the gift of life.

In a few days Christmas trees will be surrounded with gifts, but some of the best gifts can’t be wrapped. NBC 5’s Noelle Walker introduces us to a man who is hoping the holidays bring him the gift of life.

A 27-year-old North Texas woman is getting the gift of good health from her cousin in Kentucky.

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 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 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.

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.