An Omaha woman’s trip to the emergency room for a ruptured appendix led to the discovery of a two-pound kidney stone — and a first-of-its-kind robotic surgery in Nebraska that saved her kidney.
An overview of Pei Zhong’s work over the past several decades reveals how fundamental engineering research — often done far from the clinic — plays a critical role in shaping safer, more effective ...
Long-term lithium therapy remains the most effective maintenance treatment for bipolar disorder, yet it poses a significant risk of progressive renal impairment in a subset of patients. Early ...
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - There is new research that could help those waiting for a kidney transplant. Dialysis is a process that filters the blood in those living with kidney disease because the kidneys ...
Milestone case underscores rapidly growing adoption of advanced kidney preservation technology to support transplant outcomes nationwide ...
Patients on kidney dialysis now have another option -- a portable machine than can go almost anywhere. Joyce and Ken Eiler had to give up on traveling to dog shows with their prize-winning Samoyeds ...
CHICAGO - In a medical first that could revolutionize organ transplantation, a team of researchers kept a human kidney alive in a machine that simulates a warm human body. The team at the University ...
Every year, 20,000 or more Americans develop a kind of kidney disease that is perfectly controllable if the patient can be regularly hooked to a machine that can take over the kidney’s work. Yet the ...