Jan 30, 2025, 04:56 PM ET Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade said he had surgery on his kidney in 2023, with doctors removing a tumor that was later deemed to be cancerous. In comments made on his “The Why with Dwyane Wade” podcast that were published Thursday, the three-time NBA champion revealed publicly for the […]
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’ve signed up on my driver’s license to be an organ donor if I die. It’s important to me. I’ve also considered being a living kidney donor. I don’t personally know someone who needs a kidney, but I’ve seen billboards and other advertisements from people seeking a kidney donor. Does that have something to […]
Last month, a woman became the third living person to receive a pig kidney. Now, her kidney function is completely normal, and she’s off dialysis. The transplant recipient — Towana Looney, 53, of Alabama — had donated a kidney to her mother back in 1999. A few years later, though, she developed high blood pressure […]
An Alabama woman has become the third person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically engineered pig, her doctors announced Tuesday. Towana Looney, 53, is off of kidney dialysis after undergoing the procedure at NYU Langone Health on November 25. She was discharged from the hospital on December 6, and her doctors say she […]
A 2022 regional study found that creatinine is an inadequate biomarker for kidney function in people in South Africa, Malawi and Uganda.Credit: Sandra Maytham-Bailey, ARK Study In 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement forced the United States to reckon with systemic racism and its causes and manifestations. Driven partially by the disproportionate toll that the […]
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I was surprised to learn that even though I have type 2 diabetes, I possibly could be a candidate to donate a kidney to my husband who has end-stage kidney disease. Would donating a kidney be safe for me and my husband? I thought diabetes could cause kidney failure. ANSWER: Thank you for considering the gift of […]
