7 d. ago Young mum begs for gift of life this Christmas as she searches for organ donor

Laura Hayman, 29, from Motherwell, is desperate for a kidney transplant and is fighting to stay alive for her five-year-old son, Hugo.

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3 w. ago Scot celebrates kidney transplant to save brother after anniversary of treatment

Groundbreaking operation 65 years ago at Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh marked major milestone in medical history

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3 w. ago Scot celebrates kidney transplant to save brother after anniversary treatment

Harry Wilson said it was an instant decision to save his brother Gordon Wilson after he was diagnosed with kidney disease.

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3 w. ago Man saves brother’s life with transplant after dialysis struggle

The retired plumber said he would have donated his kidney no matter the risk

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3 w. ago ‘DeepSeek is humane. Doctors are more like machines’: my mother’s worrying reliance on AI for health advice

Tired of a two-day commute to see her overworked doctor, my mother turned to tech for help with her kidney disease. She bonded with the bot so much I was scared she would refuse to see a real medicThis essay was originally published on Rest of worldEvery few months, my mother, a 57-year-old kidney transplant patient who lives in a small city in eastern China, embarks on a two-day journey to see her doctor. She fills her backpack with a change of clothes, a stack of medical reports and a few boiled eggs to snack on. Then, she takes a 90-minute ride on a high-speed train and checks into a hotel in the eastern metropolis of Hangzhou.At 7am the next day, she lines up with hundreds of others to get her blood taken in a long hospital hall that buzzes like a crowded marketplace. In the afternoon, when the lab results arrive, she makes her way to a specialist’s clinic. She gets about three minutes with the doctor. Maybe five, if she’s lucky. He skims the lab reports and quickly types a new ...

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3 w. ago ‘Medical pioneer’ has pig kidney removed from his body 271 days after animal

The first attempts at using pig organs in humans were short-lived

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3 w. ago New York Jets legend Nick Mangold dies aged 41 while seeking kidney transplant

Center was hugely popular among Jets fanbaseMangold was suffering from rare genetic conditionNick Mangold, a hugely popular player during his 11-season career with the New York Jets, has died at the age of 41.Earlier this month, Mangold said he was seeking a kidney transplant and urged Jets and Ohio State fans to help after he discovered that no one in his family matched his blood type, meaning he could not receive a kidney donation from them. The former offensive lineman added that he had been undergoing dialysis after being diagnosed with a rare kidney condition in 2006. “This isn’t an easy message to share, but I want to be open about what’s been happening with me and my health,” Mangold said at the time. Continue reading...

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