Status Update: Organ Donor
Early this month on Facebook, among all the vacation pictures and details of daily life, people started to add a much more important kind of “status update” — declaring themselves organ donors on the...
View ArticleUrology and Nephrology Earn Top Spots in U.S. News
For the first time, our urology and nephrology programs are each ranked No. 1 in the United States by U.S. News & World Report in the publication’s “Best Hospitals 2013” rankings. We are both...
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The Amazing History of Kidney Treatment (Slideshow)
What has shaped our knowledge of kidney health and helped researchers find effective ways to manage chronic kidney disease? Innovation can be quirky — like the experimental use of a washing machine as...
View Article4 Facts You Need to Know About Kidney Transplants and Dialysis
Whether it’s a heart, lung, kidney or liver, many people assume that transplantation is a last resort in treating a failing organ. But in the case of kidney disease, transplantation is actually the...
View ArticleHow African-Americans Can Get Better Kidney Care
Blacks make up a little more than 13 percent of the U.S. population. But they make up more than 30 percent of Americans with kidney failure. Why? “African-Americans are more likely to have diabetes and...
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