Kidneys

HIV-to-HIV Kidney Donation

Kidney transplants between people with HIV are safe and effective, and may help address donor shortages

Your bathroom habits provide insights on your overall health, study finds

Bowel Movement Health

Kidneys from Black donors are more likely to be thrown away − a bioethicist explains why

Kidney Donation

A Temple Hospital worker needed a kidney transplant. When the call finally came, his colleague performed it

Temple kidney transplant

Experts define new syndrome linking cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity and kidney issues

CKM Syndrome Heart Disease

How to prevent UTIs during record-high summer heat

UTI Prevention Health

Why kidney stones are more common in the summer – and how to prevent them

Kidney Stones Summer

Organ transplants are up, but the agency in charge is under fire

Organ transplant

Gender disparities in kidney disease may be explained by differences in organ decline, study finds

Gender differences in kidney disease

Penn doctor splits rare horseshoe kidney to benefit 2 transplant patients

Horseshoe kidney transplantation

Gift of Life set a national record for organ donations in 2021

Gift of Life organ donation

They were the pandemic's perfect victims

COVID-19 Dialysis Patients

Philly siblings will celebrate Christmas together after a successful living-donor kidney transplant

Alli Chris Maurer Kidney Transplant

Pennsylvania woman denied kidney transplant over COVID-19 vaccine refusal

Urinary tract infections can affect men too – especially those over age 50

One-third of Americans are in danger of developing kidney disease, but many don't know the risk factors

Kidney disease risk factors

Philly area women appear on 'Ellen' after inspiring bond through kidney donation

Ellen Kidney Philly

Penn State researchers get $3 million grant for wearable tech to prevent kidney stones

PSU Kidney Stones

COVID-19 pandemic causing surge in chronic kidney disease

Kidney health and COVID

U.S. discards too many kidneys viable for transplant, Johns Hopkins study finds

Kidney Transplant JHU

Camden hospital admits performing kidney transplant on wrong patient

Virtua Lady Lourdes

Hepatitis C-infected kidneys are safe for transplants, Penn study finds

Kidneys Penn

Tower Health recruits nationally recognized kidney and liver transplant team from Hahnemann

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CVS testing device that will bring hemodialysis into patients' homes

Carroll - CVS Pharmacy

Trump signs executive order to overhaul nation's kidney program

What you need to know about your kidneys – and how to keep them healthy

kidney health

WATCH: Riverfront Mummers N.Y.B. bring Eagles fever back to Broad Street

Joe Weissinger Mummers

How a lifelong friendship, a random act of kindness and social media brought strangers together for a kidney donation

Mummers Transplant

Hepatitis C-infected organs may be safe for transplant, Penn study finds

Stock_Carroll - Penn Medicine

A Mummer's mission: Find a kidney donor at the parade

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This gift voucher might just get you a kidney

CHOP, Penn Medicine join forces in national study of kidney stones

Do best-selling drugs that calm stomachs damage kidneys? The answer’s unclear

Low on donations, Penn tests infected organs for transplants

Jefferson selected for national pilot program to improve kidney transplants

Jefferson Hospital

Penn medical researchers find important link in kidney regeneration

Kidney cells regrowth graphic

Kidney transplant between N.J. strangers canceled due to donor's liver disease

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On Giving Tuesday, N.J. strangers scheduled to undergo lifesaving kidney transplant

12012015_CraigslistTransplant

Veterans Nursing Scholars

These veterans are on track to become nurses through a scholarship program created to address the...

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How to enroll in an Independence Blue Cross health insurance plan

pbs kids carl the collector

New PBS Kids show 'Carl the Collector' puts characters with autism at forefront

Healthy Smoothies

Smoothies can be nutritious, but they also can lead to weight gain

Trump Health Policies

Trump's White House return poised to tangle health care safety net

Personality Changes

Can you change your personality? Psychology research says yes, by tweaking what you think and do

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