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2 or More Sodas a Day Boost Women's Kidney Risks
40 Years of Heart Transplants
A Better Method of Kidney Storage
Airway Transplant Aided by Stem Cells a Medical First
All New Dialysis Patients at Increased Risk of Death
Anemia Drug May Raise Stroke Risk in Kidney Patients
Anti-Rejection Drug May Boost Diabetes in Kidney Transplant Patients
Atherosclerosis May Also Harm Vital Organs
Automated, Wearable Kidney Offers Continuous Dialysis
Baking Soda May Be Key Ingredient for Kidney Patients
Bioartificial Kidney Cuts Death Risk, Improves Outcomes
Blood-Thinner Contaminant Traced to Chinese Plant
Blood-Thinner No Help for Dialysis Treatment
Bone Disease Test Shows Death Risk for Dialysis Patients
Cancer Drug May Help With Kidney Transplants
Cancer Drug May Offer New Hope for Lupus Patients
Chamomile Tea May Ward Off Diabetes Damage
Chronic Kidney Disease Growing Globally
Chronic Kidney Disease Raises Risk for Some Cancers
Combo Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Boosts Survival in Diabetics
Combo Therapy Makes More Kidney Transplants Possible
Common Weight-Loss Surgery May Double Risk of Kidney Stones
Cutting Phosphate May Protect Kidney Patients From Heart Trouble
Death Rates Higher for Minority Children Awaiting Heart Transplant
Depression, PTSD Common Among Lung Transplant Patient Caregivers
Diabetes Medications Don't Lower Inflammation
Dialysis Catheter Placement Makes Little Difference in Infection Risk
Dialysis' Drawbacks Outweigh Benefits for Some Older Patients
Dialysis Patients Do Better at Higher Altitudes
Dialysis Via Fistulas May Help Young or Old
Diet Soda, Sodium Tied to Kidney Trouble: Studies
Diet, Exercise May Slow Kidney Disease Progression
Dietary Aid Helps Kidney Patients Stay Safe
Doctors Describe First U.S. Face Transplant
Donor's Age Not Linked to Poor Outcomes in Liver Transplants
Dopamine May Boost Odds of Transplant Success
Drug Combo Keeps Kidney Artery-Vein Grafts Viable
Drug Shows Promise Against Childhood Epilepsy
Drug Sorafenib Improves Kidney Cancer Outcomes
Drugs May Not Slow Kidney Damage in Diabetes
'Easter Island' Drug Adds Years to Mice
'Electronic Nose' Could Spot Kidney Disease
Even Mismatched Cord Blood Can Help Kids
Exercise Extends Life of Kidney Patients
Extended Antiviral May Benefit Kidney Transplant Patients
Face Transplant Patient Can Smell, Taste, Breathe Normally
Face Transplants Show Promising Results
FDA Issues Warning for Diabetes Drug
FDA Puts Black-Box Warning on Bowel-Cleansing Drugs
FDA: Contaminated Heparin Found in 11 Countries
Female Hormones Deter Salt-Sensitive Hypertension
First U.S. Face Transplant Recipient Recounts Ordeal
First Vessel Graft Grown From Kidney Patients' Own Cells
For Organ Donation, Intent and Reality Don't Align
For People on Dialysis, Too Thin Can Be Risky
For Some Kidney Patients, Home Dialysis Is Better
Freezing Kidney Cancers Shows Promise
Freezing Ovaries Preserves Fertility, Scientists Report
Fresh-Meat Additives May Be Dangerous for Kidney Patients
Gender Matches Benefit Heart Transplants
Gender Plays Role in Kidney Transplant Outcomes
Gene Linked to Inherited Kidney Disease Found
Gene Mutation in Dalmatians Sheds Light on Kidney Stones in Humans
Gene Mutation Tied to Inherited Fatal Lung Disease
Gene Variant Boosts Risk of Severe Diabetic Eye, Kidney Diseases
Genes May Affect Complications After Heart Surgery
Genetic Breakthrough Spells Hope for Lung Fibrosis Patients
Global Warming Linked to Heightened Kidney Stone Risk
Guidelines Suggested for Heart-Kidney Transplants
Health Tip: Keep Kidney Infections at Bay
Heart Pump Helps Children Waiting for Transplant
Heart Test Deemed OK Before Kidney Transplant
Home Dialysis a Good Option for Kidney Disease Patients
Hope for Damaged Heart Muscle
Hospice Care Eases the End for Loyal Pets
Hydrating Kidney Patients With Sodium Bicarb Has Little Effect
Iced Teas Pose High Risk of Kidney Stones
ICU Nutritional Program Failed to Boost Outcomes
Immune Molecule Key to Preventing Organ Rejection
Immunoglobulin Can Predict Some Diabetic Complications
Infant Heart Transplant Controversy Continues
Infection, Cardiac Woes Send Heart Failure Patients to the Hospital
Intensive Dialysis Doesn't Save Lives of the Sickest
Islet Cell Transplants Aid Type 1 Diabetics
Kidney Ailments May Rise Along With Blood Pressure
Kidney Cancers More Likely to Be Diagnosed Early
Kidney Damage Another Consequence of Anabolic Steroids
Kidney Disease in Blacks Undetected Until Late Stages
Kidney Donor's Sex Could Affect Women's Outcomes
Kidney Dysfunction Puts Women at Risk of Sudden Death
Kidney Function Test May Not Be Cost-Effective
Kidney Injury While Hospitalized May Lead to Future Dialysis
Kidney Nerve Deactivation Could Ease Hypertension
Kidney Patients Less Likely to Get Heart Attack Meds
Kidney Patients More Susceptible to Sudden Cardiac Death
Kidney Transplant, Sleep Disorder May Add Up to Trouble
Kidney Trouble Short-Lived in Most Liver Transplant Patients
Kidney, Heart Problems May Be Linked
Kidneys Donated After Cardiac Death Cut Racial Disparities
Kidneys From Donors Older Than 70 Still Viable
Lab Test Predicts Acute Kidney Injury in ICU Patients
Licorice May Block Absorption of Organ Transplant Drug
Liver Transplant Patients at Higher Cancer Risk
Living Kidney Donation Chains May Help More Get Transplants
Low Birth Weight Might Raise Adult Kidney Disease Risk
Low Levels of Brain Chemical May Control Appetite
Low-Birth-Weight Babies at Risk for Salt Sensitivity
Lowering BP in Dialysis Cases Cuts Heart Risks
Lung Transplant Outcomes Better at High-Volume Hospitals
Lupus Worse in Blacks, Hispanics Than in Whites, Study Finds
Many Ignore Symptoms of Bladder Trouble
Missing Gene Tied to Bone Marrow Transplant Problems
Monitoring Hormone May Improve Kidney Failure Outcomes
More Dialysis Not Better in Acute Kidney Injury
More Kids Getting Kidney Stones
Most Kidney Donors Lead Long, Healthy Lives
Muscle Mass May Not Explain High Creatinine in Black Kidney Patients
Needed: Blood Donations
Networking May Aid Blacks Who Need Kidney Transplant
New Criteria Could Expand Number of Liver Transplant Candidates
New Hope for Tough-to-Treat Cancers
New Kidney Disease Can Be Fatal
New System Improves Distribution of Donated Livers
New Test Identifies Heart Transplant Rejection
New Test May Help Kidney Transplant Patients
New Test Predicts Risk of Post-Surgery Kidney Injury
Nocturnal Dialysis: A Better Way to Kidney Health
Older Women Get Fewer Kidney Transplants Than Men
Organ Donation Policies Vary Among Children's Hospitals
Organ Donation: An Advancing Science Hindered by Supply Shortages
Overnight Dialysis Saves Lives: Study
Phosphorus Levels May Predict Heart Disease
Pig Stem Cells Created
Popular Colonoscopy Prep Solution May Pose Kidney Risks
Preeclampsia Raises Risk of Serious Kidney Disease
Preventive Antibiotics Help Some Kids Fend Off Urinary Infections
Protein From Yellow Peas May Lower Blood Pressure
Racial Disparities Widespread in Kidney Patient Outcomes
Raloxifene Safe for Women With Decreased Kidney Function
Repairing Injured Lungs May Boost Organ Donations
Replacement Bladder Grown From Body's Own Cells
Report Confirms Source of Contaminated Heparin
Researchers Find Link Between Organ Transplants, Cancer
Researchers Identify Contaminant in Tainted Heparin
Rituximab Promotes Healing in Common Kidney Disease
Single Kidney Transplant From Young, Deceased Donors Works Well
Sleeping Through Dialysis May Be the Way to Go
Some Diet Sodas May Ward Off Kidney Stones
Some Imperfect Hearts OK for Transplant
Stem Cells May Offer Alternative to Lung Transplants
Stem Cells Repair Damaged Corneas in Mice
Study Points to New Treatments for Polycystic Kidney Disease
Sunitinib Benefit Explored in Poor-Prognosis Kidney Cancer
Surgery Not Always Best for Narrowed Kidney Arteries
Swine Flu Shots Safe for People With Weak Immune Systems: Experts
Too-Low Blood Pressure Can Also Bring Danger
Transplant May Treat Metabolic Disorders in Womb
Transplant Patients Should Be Monitored for Ear Infection
Traveling While on Dialysis Could Be Risky
Two-Drug Combo May Lower Diabetics' Kidney Risk
Two-Drug Combo Reduces Diabetic Kidney Damage
U.S. Face Transplant Patient Is Reportedly Doing Fine
U.S. Health Officials Announce New Heparin Formula
Uninsured Likely Organ Donors, But Not Recipients
Unique Bone Marrow Transplant Said to Cure Sickle Cell
Uric Acid May Help Spot Diabetic Kidney Disease Early
Vitamin D Use Linked to Lower Mortality in Kidney Patients
Wearable Kidney May One Day Replace Dialysis
Yale Lab Discovers New Gene-Based Syndrome

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