The patient adopted a carnivore diet approximately 8 months before presentation,” an abstract from the article said. “His ...

The research offers hope to tens of thousands of patients with kidney failure who are on a long waiting list for an organ transplant. By Roni Caryn Rabin The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ...

Why thousands of patients are now moving up on the waitlist. Since the 1990s, a race-based method for assessing kidney function placed many Black patients lower on the transplant waitlist.

“To the best of our knowledge, there are no documented cases of a kidney transplant for a patient with the ‘Bombay’ blood group worldwide. The key to success was the accurate identification of the ...

Since the 1990s, a race-based method for assessing kidney function placed many Black patients lower on the transplant waitlist. However, thousands of these patients were moved up the list in ...

Drinking too much alcohol can negatively affect kidney function. Excessive alcohol consumption is a well-known risk factor for developing chronic kidney disease (CKD). Doctors often recommend that ...

The eGenesis trial will begin with three patients with kidney failure who are unlikely to receive a human organ within five years, Curtis said. There will be a six-month waiting period between the ...

As chronic kidney disease progresses to later stages, you may require dialysis, a procedure which serves as a mechanical way to replace some of the kidneys' functions. Hemodialysis is a process in ...

Massachusetts General Hospital has transplanted a genetically edited pig kidney into a human for the second time.

Objective The purpose of the systematic review was to assess the effectiveness of remote patient monitoring (RPM) follow-up compared with standard care, for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD .