Surgeons transplanted a pig's kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it's worked normally — a critical step toward an operation the New York team hopes to eventually try in living patients.

Native kidneys aren’t typically removed after a transplant; however, yours were enormous. (A normal kidney weighs somewhere near 250 grams, about half a pound.) In people with ADPKD, the cysts may ...

Your kidneys work around the clock to filter waste and keep your body balanced. But when you stay up late night after night, you might be putting these vital organs at risk. Late nights disrupt your ...

Kidney failure, also called end-stage renal disease (ESRD), is a condition where your kidneys are not functioning properly. Kidney failure occurs when the kidneys work at less than 15% of their normal ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I read your recent column on transplants and dialysis. Fifteen years ago, I found I had polycystic kidney disease and was recommended a transplant. My wife and I discovered that our ...

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*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dr. Roach: I read your recent column on transplants and dialysis. Fifteen years ago, I found I had polycystic kidncapey disease ...