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2. 'Someone I love needs a kidney.' The story behind the car ...

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   Kidney disease affects an estimated 37 million people in the United States, which is about 15% of the adult population, according to the foundation. Waste can build up in the blood as the disease ...

3. How a father gave his kidney to a stranger to save his wife ...

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   Nearly one in three (27 per cent) kidney transplants are from a living donor, benefiting about 900 patients in the UK each year. In 2023-24, 185 of those transplants were performed through the ...

4. Nationwide Children's Hospital - Wikipedia

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   A Navy officer shows a young patient at Nationwide Children's Hospital how to salute after giving him a Navy ball cap. September 2009 September 2009 Nationwide Children's Hospital opened a new, 12-story, 750,000-square-foot (70,000 m 2 ) main hospital on June 20, 2012, with select floors and patients transferred to individually complete floors ...

5. How safe is it to donate a kidney? New research has ... - AOL

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   Fortunately, long-term data from organ donors has shown that their kidney function tends to remain stable and the risk of developing chronic kidney disease is only slightly higher than in those ...

6. National Kidney Registry - Wikipedia

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   More than one-third of potential living kidney donors who want to donate their kidney to a friend or family member cannot because of blood type or antibody incompatibility. [3] Historically, these donors would be turned away and the patient would lose the opportunity to receive a life-saving kidney transplant. KPD overcomes donor-recipient ...

7. American Kidney Fund - Wikipedia

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   The American Kidney Fund holds large community outreach events, Kidney Action Day, bringing free health screenings and healthy living information to people at high risk for kidney disease. In 2016, AKF held Kidney Action Day events in Alabama (Bessemer), Chicago, Houston, [7] New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. As of 2021, AKF holds ...