Largest Mass Kidney Donor Swap Ever
It’s often the case that a person who needs a kidney has a relative or friend who is willing to donate theirs, but the blood types and compatibility factors don’t match. One solution is to orchestrate...
View ArticleFacebook Friend Donates Kidney To Stranger
ROYAL OAK (WWJ) – With the prospect of a three to five-year wait for a kidney, 35-year-old Jeff Kurze and his wife, Roxy of Warren, turned to Facebook. Much to their surprise, Ricky Cisco, 25, of Royal...
View ArticleHenry Ford Pioneers Robotically Controlled Ultrasound Probe
Henry Ford Hospital was the first hospital world-wide to use a new, robotically controlled ultrasound probe to remove a cancerous tumor from a kidney. “We performed our first partial nephrectomy with...
View ArticleFacebook Links Kidney Donor With Patient
ROYAL OAK (WWJ) – Facebook helped two local men connect as one’s wife put out a plea for a kidney for her husband. Ricky Cisco of Royal Oak answered the call and donated a kidney last week to Jeff...
View ArticleU-M: Kidney Cancer Patients Do Better When Whole Kidney Is Not Removed
ANN ARBOR (WWJ) – Kidney cancer patients who had only their tumor removed had better survival than patients who had their entire kidney removed, according to a new study from researchers at the...
View ArticleWoman Can Sue Over Delay In Learning About Cancer
ANN ARBOR (AP) – A woman who wasn’t told for five years that she had a cancerous kidney can sue a doctor and a clinic for failing to share the news. The Michigan appeals court overturned a decision by...
View ArticleFriend Offers Love, Support, And A Kidney
DETROIT (WWJ) – What are the chances you’d give a co-worker a kidney? Kathy Beyers and Mary Simon worked together for 25 years and eventually became exercise buddies. Today, the two share an even...
View ArticleKidney Dispute Hits Mich. High Court
LANSING (WWJ/AP) – Does the loss of a kidney deserve compensation? The Michigan Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday in a case involving a Plymouth woman who is suing her doctor over a...
View ArticleKidney, Liver Function Could Be Determined By Urine Color
DETROIT (CBS DETROIT) – You see it several times a day in the bathroom, but do you ever really take a close look at your body’s liquid by-product? It could be the key to diagnosing serious disease....
View ArticleFarmington Hills Woman Turns To Social Media To Find A Kidney
About a hundred thousand people in this country are waiting for a kidney transplant. Audrey Weinberg of Farmington Hills is using Facebook for her search for a vital organ. Weinberg spends more than...
View ArticleMan Says It’s ‘Awesome’ To Donate Kidney To Fiancé
DAVISON, Mich. (WWJ/AP) – A Flint-area woman found a perfect match: a future husband — and a new kidney. Monica Towns of Davison has renal disease and needed a kidney transplant. Doctors discovered...
View ArticleSurgeon Removed Woman’s Kidney By Mistake, Lawsuit Claims
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (CBS Local) – An Iowa woman is suing her doctor after he allegedly removed her kidney instead of another body part during surgery in 2016. Dena Knapp was at Avera McKennan Hospital in...
View ArticleGrand Rapids-Area Woman Gets Kidney From Husband On Christmas Eve
DETROIT (AP) — A Grand Rapids-area man has given his wife an unusual gift at Christmas: a kidney. Local media reportsGrand Rapids Area Woman Gets Kidney From Husband On Christmas Eve that doctors in...
View ArticleMichigan Matters: Of Organ Donations & Keeping Kidneys Healthier
Southfield (CW50) – Over 2,500 people in our state are awaiting organ transplants, which Dorrie Dils, CEO of the Gift of Life Michigan – an organization celebrating its 50th anniversary of connecting...
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