CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago man was the first patient at Northwestern Medicine to receive a kidney transplant that he was awake for. John Nicholas, 28, had been experiencing kidney issues for over a ...

A Chicago man was wide awake as he witnessed Northwestern Medicine surgeons place his childhood best friend's kidney inside of him during a cutting-edge kidney transplant procedure. John Nicholas, 28, ...

"Everybody was like, ‘You're getting it done together? Oh my God, aren't you afraid?’ ” says Cynthia DePalma ...

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health performed the first combined mechanical heart pump and gene-edited pig kidney transplant surgery. The patient was a 54-year-old woman with heart and kidney failure, and ...

Compared with patients who undergo surgery within 1 month of emergency department presentation, those waiting 6 months or more had significant 20% increased odds of undergoing complex surgery, data ...

36-year-old Dickson Ndekei, a kidney recipient with Dr Patrick Mbugua Head of Renal at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). [Edward Kiplimo, Standard] For the past year, Dickson Ndekei Njoroge, 36, had ...

For patients with kidney stones measuring one to two centimeters, a technique called mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy (mini-PCNL) provides a higher stone elimination rate than another minimally ...

Doctors perform a pig kidney transplant on April 12. So far, the patient is recovering well, but doctors will need to continue to monitor her in the hospital and make sure her immune system doesn't ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In a world first, surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital ...

Share on Pinterest Bariatric surgery may be better for preserving kidney function in people with diabetes and obesity than GLP-1 drugs. Image credit: Ruben Earth/Getty Images. In a new study, people ...