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July 10, 2019

Trump signs executive order revamping kidney disease care, includes better access to home dialysis, transplants

President Donald Trump is directing the government to revamp the nation’s care for kidney disease, so that more people whose kidneys fail have a chance at early transplants and home dialysis — along with better prevention so patients don’t get that sick to begin with.

July 10, 2019

First baby in US born to mother who received uterus from deceased donor

Doctors said they "couldn't have asked for a better outcome."

July 10, 2019

Man tried to rob store at gunpoint, left when realizing there wasn't enough cash to pay for daughter's operation: cops

A Philadelphia man allegedly tried to rob a convenience store because he said he needed money to pay for his daughter’s kidney transplant but then left the store without taking anything when he realized there wasn’t enough cash in the register to pay for the operation, police said.

July 7, 2019

Stevie Wonder says he’ll undergo kidney transplant later this year

Stevie Wonder says he will undergo a kidney transplant later this year.

June 14, 2019

Patient dies after fecal transplant, prompting FDA safety warning

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a safety warning over fecal transplants after one patient died after undergoing the procedure, and another became severely ill.

June 12, 2019

Teen killed in motorcycle accident receives ‘Honor Walk’ en route to donate organs

Hundreds lined the halls of a Nevada hospital as an 18-year-old man who died in a motorcycle accident had his wish to donate his organs to others fulfilled.

May 28, 2019

Texas man, 84, becomes nation's oldest kidney donor after giving organ to neighbor

An 84-year-old Texas man became the nation’s oldest living kidney donor recently when he knocked on his ailing 72-year-old neighbor’s door and offered to help her out.

May 15, 2019

Man learns he's a donor match for fiance hours after proposing

A recently engaged couple discovered they are the perfect match in more ways than one when a call came just hours after Aldo Cataldi popped the question, informing him that he was qualified to donate his kidney to his fiancé.

May 10, 2019

Mom, 63, cured of hepatitis after receiving part of liver from son, 37, in first-of-kind 3-D surgery: reports

After 27 years living with autoimmune hepatitis, a Utah mother has been cured thanks to a part of her son’s liver and an innovative new treatment that used 3-D technology, according to a report.

May 7, 2019

Siblings with rare genetic disorder receive new kidneys on same day from same donor

A pair of Texas siblings born with a rare genetic disorder got the call they needed recently when they found out a deceased donor could provide them both with life-changing kidneys.