kidney transplants

Transplant surgeon Reza Saidi explains how kidneys are allocated. Bioethicist Syd Johnson talks about her book, "The Ethics of Uncertainty." And psychologist Dorianne Eaves tells how to help someone who has been diagnosed with cancer.

Around 1,800 kidney transplants in the United States each year involve children or adolescents under the age of 18 -- and some of those surgeries take…

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Upstate Medical University is seeking individuals to participate in a clinical trial evaluating the safety and performance of a potential vaccine against…

Some 37 million people in the United States have chronic kidney disease, and for those with end-stage renal disease, the only two treatment options are…

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The need for living kidney donors is growing, partly because people are living longer on dialysis, explains Dr. Vaughn Whittaker, a transplant surgeon at…

As Jody Adams scrolled through Facebook in January, one post stuck with her. It was written from the point of view of an infant seeking someone to donate…

It’s never too late to maintain an active brain, says Patrick VanBeveren, the physical therapy supervisor at the The Centers at St. Camillus…

Nurse practitioner Anthony Cerminaro, who specializes in hematology and oncology, writes thrillers in his spare time. One of his characters is a doctor…