Desperate to beat the clock and return to good health, about 30 kidney patients head overseas every year for organ transplants despite the risk of infection and the fact that organ trading is illegal. Once home, they seek follow-up subsidised care at public hospitals or go to private doctors, with few questions asked about how they got their new kidneys.
The 6th Annual Kidney Walk in Wheeling is raising awareness of kidney disease across the nation. Twenty six million American adults have chronic kidney disease. Millions more are at risk and do not even know it.
Participants from coast to coast share their “Kidney Stories of Hope” through The Kidney Foundation of Canada annual campaign MONTREAL, May 3, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ – The Kidney Foundation of Canada (KFOC) is proud to announce the winners of the fourth edition of the Kidney Stories of Hope campaign.
Man Wrote Letters to Kidney, Donated It to Stranger
Theres an old saying that goes, Just in the nick of time. That might be a good way of describing what happened to William Davis
Abbott Laboratories will spend $110 million to buy a potential kidney treatment from the privately held Danish company Action Pharma, the company said Thursday.
According to the National Kidney Foundation of Maryland (NKF-MD), more than 26 million American adults have chronic kidney disease (CKD) and millions more are at risk and dont know it. Since kidney disease can sneak up without any warning in the way of symptoms, the disease has been labeled a silent killer and a quiet epidemic. Sherrie Lawler (standing far left), Lori Harvin (third from right) and other team members during the 2011 Baltimore Kidney Walk
Early Diagnosis, Aggressive Treatment Changing the Playing Field for Lupus Kidney Disease By Denise Mann WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J.
In August, Eric Parrie donated his kidney to a woman he’d never met. But before he parted ways with his organ, he had some things he needed to say to it first
MONDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) — As many as one in 10 Americans have chronic kidney disease, but most don't know it and for most it is not a problem, experts say.
SALISBURY — The National Kidney Foundation of Maryland will hold its sixth annual Salisbury Kidney Walk at WinterPlace Park in Salisbury on Sunday. More than 1,200 people in Maryland are currently on dialysis, and the funds raised through the event will directly support NKF-MD’s patient services, education and research efforts. Stephanie Elliott, a dialysis nurse of 15 years, manager of the acute dialysis unit at the Peninsula Regional Medical Center and a certified nephrology nurse, was instrumental in organizing the first walk six years ago
An American woman who donated a kidney to her boss claims she was fired from her job after the operation.
Debbie Stevens, a New York based kidney donor, was fired after donating her organ to her boss.
NEW YORK, April 24 (UPI) — A New York mother who was fired after donating a kidney to save her boss’ life said she wants her organ returned. Debbie Stevens, 47, of Long Island filed a complaint about the matter with the state Human Rights Commission, the New York Post reported Tuesday. Stevens charges in the complaint that she was manipulated by her boss Jackie Brucia of Atlantic Automotive Group
(CBS News) A Long Island woman claims she was fired after donating a kidney for her boss.
Debbie Stevens was fired after she donated her kidney to save her boss’s life. Source: AdelaideNow THE New York mother who was fired after she donated her kidney to save her boss’s life demanded that the woman return the organ
A New York Long Island woman said she was fired after she donated a kidney to help save the life of her boss. Debbie Stevens, a 47-year-old divorced mother of two, filed a formal complaint with the New York State Human Rights Commission last Friday, claiming her boss used her for her organ then fired her “after the woman got what she wanted.” Stevens’ boss, 61-year-old Jackie Brucia, is one of the West Islip controllers for Atlantic Automotive Group, a billion-dollar dealership operator. Brucia hired Stevens in January 2009 as an assistant
The Long Island mother who was fired after she donated her kidney to save her boss life demanded that the woman return the organ yesterday.
The New York mother who was fired after she donated her kidney to save her boss’s life demanded that the woman return the organ.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York woman who donated a kidney so her ailing boss would move up the transplant waiting list says she was fired shortly after the operation, according to a complaint she filed with the New York State Division of Human Rights. Deborah Stevens said her former employer, Atlantic Automotive Group, discriminated against her over disabilities brought about by complications …