Use Social Media to Find a Living Donor
It is estimated that more than 30 million people in this country have chronic kidney disease. Of that number, almost 50 percent of patients with...
Category : Transplants
In Search of a Be The Match Donor for 4-Year-Old Leukemia Patient
For more than a year, 4-year-old Ailani Myers has been fighting for her life. It was while visiting family in Waco, Texas, in the spring...
Kidney Transplant Racial Gap Shrinks
Most of the kidneys used in black patients are from deceased donors The large disparity in kidney transplant rates between blacks and whites in this...
New Rules Mean More Kidney Transplants for Minorities
Old formula gave more weight to time spent on waiting list New rules for allocating donor kidneys have led to more transplants for blacks and...
‘Second Life’ Dedicated to Enrolling Organ Donors
For weeks, Roxanne Watson thought she’d pulled a muscle in her back. “I worked in a retail store and was helping unload merchandise from a...
7 Facts Everyone Should Know About Becoming an Organ Donor
In honor of Donate Life Month, learn more about the importance of registering as an organ donor If you’ve thought about registering as an organ...
New Kidney Disease Website Launched
Nick Cannon speaks out The National Kidney Foundation has launched a new online portal on kidney disease geared specifically for African Americans. The portal offers...
What I Should Know About Hepatitis C
Anyone can get this liver-damaging virus, but it’s more common among baby boomers What is hepatitis C? Hepatitis C is a virus, or infection, that...