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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...

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Facebook 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...

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Henry 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...

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Facebook 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...

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U-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...

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Woman 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...

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Friend 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...

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Kidney 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...

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Kidney, 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....

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Farmington 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...

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Man 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...

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Surgeon 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...

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Grand 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...

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Michigan 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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