January 31 - Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his right kidney in December 2023, he revealed during his podcast published on Thursday. Wade, who turned 43 on Jan.

Kidney removal, medically known as a nephrectomy, is a major surgical procedure performed to treat kidney disease, cancer, or to enable a healthy individual to donate a kidney. While the operation can ...

(CNN) — A man who lived with a genetically modified pig kidney for a record 271 days had the organ removed and will return to dialysis. Tim Andrews of New Hampshire received the transplant in January, ...

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig organ, ...

(CNN) — A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig ...

A woman says she spent two months in the hospital following a surgical mix-up. A Minnesota woman in her 80s is now living with stage 5 kidney disease after a surgeon allegedly removed her kidney ...

A Minnesota woman in her 80s is now living with stage 5 kidney disease after a surgeon allegedly removed her kidney during what was supposed to be a routine spleen removal procedure, according to a ...