With increasing organ demand, living kidney donation from older donors has become more common. A new Clinical Transplantation study indicates that kidney donation among carefully-selected adults over 60 years of age poses ...
Jun 20, 2018
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People who selflessly step up and donate a kidney can face insurance challenges afterwards, despite the lack of evidence that they have increased health risks. The finding, which comes from a new study published in the American ...
Jul 16, 2014
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(HealthDay)—Living kidney donors (LKDs) incur moderate costs related to the completion of donation evaluation, according to a study published online May 5 in the American Journal of Transplantation.
May 12, 2015
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Despite efforts over the past two decades to increase the number of black and Hispanic patients receiving kidney transplants from related or unrelated living donors, these racial/ethnic minority patients are still much less ...
Jan 23, 2018
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During a mean follow-up of 25 years, living kidney donors have shown a lower rate of overall fractures compared with eligible nondonor controls, according to a study published online Jan. 24 in JAMA Network Open.
Jan 30, 2024
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A newly approved US policy regarding allocation of kidneys from deceased donors will likely improve patient and transplant survival, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society ...
May 15, 2014
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(HealthDay)—Sixteen percent of living kidney donors (LKDs) are uninsured at the time of donation, according to a study published online April 18 in the American Journal of Transplantation.
Apr 26, 2016
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Patients with terminal kidney failure require either frequent dialysis or a new, donated kidney to survive. Donor kidneys can be found via cadavers or by finding a willing and compatible living donor—usually a family member. ...
Sep 5, 2018
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Living kidney donors and non-donors have similar risks for hypertension and albuminuria, according to a study published online May 23 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
May 30, 2024
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