These groups also received fewer living and preemptive transplants than white patients. Race may play a role in the waitlist experience, allograft quality and transplant outcomes of patients with ...

Chronic Kidney Disease is a silent killer that progresses gradually, often going unnoticed until the late stages. While ...

There was still hope. I had enough lead time to get a pre-emptive kidney transplant if I could find a living donor. Members of my family stepped up to be tested for potential donation. Friends ...

It’s a year now, I am remaining stable and feeling well. In the final analysis, there is no doubt that a ‘pre-emptive’ kidney transplant was the best treatment for my renal failure, a cure for the ...

Extended survival of patients related to improvements in supportive and intensive care, prolonged treatment of bacterial infections, high-dose chemotherapeutic regimens to treat cancers, global ...

The only treatment for this level of damage is a transplant. However, many Black Americans don ... to get the care they need for liver disease, you’ll need to be pre-emptive. This means asking your ...

Renal transplant patients suffer from a higher risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The risk-factor spectrum is different from the general population; several risk factors are ...

Remarkable progress has been made regarding the transplantation of islets, which remains a promising means of restoring insulin production. However, a major challenge has been replicating the ...

In an incredible stroke of luck, Dombrosky says she had just put door armor on her home as a preemptive since she was going to be away. Inside Edition's Les Trent has more.