He has been fighting the rare autoimmune disease Goodpasture syndrome for 20 years "I was down to my last couple of hours; they had already brought a chaplain in on the phone,” he said of his ...

A Michigan man died of rabies he contracted after receiving a kidney transplant from a donor who became infected — and later died — while rescuing a kitten from a rabid skunk, according to health ...

HUNTINGTON, Long Island (WABC) -- Police in Suffolk County are seeking the public's help in identifying and finding a driver who fled the scene of a car crash in Huntington the day before Thanksgiving ...

Only four donors have transmitted rabies to organ transplant recipients since 1978, according to federal officials. By Rylee Kirk A man died of rabies after getting a kidney transplant from another ...

A man has died after contracting rabies from a transplanted kidney, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Thursday. This marks the 10th known case of an organ or tissue ...

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is an inherited disorder in which clusters of fluid-filled cysts gradually develop within the kidneys. As these cysts enlarge and multiply, they damage the surrounding ...

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a debilitating hereditary condition in which fluid-filled sacs form and proliferate in the kidneys. Over time, the painful, growing cysts rob the organs of their ...

A research effort led by scientists from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC) has led to the development of more mature and complex lab-grown kidney progenitor ...

Liver cysts were found in over 80% of patients with ADPKD but were not associated with chronic kidney disease stage, Mayo classification, PKD1 or PKD2 genotype variant, liver enzyme levels, or quality ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a physician and behavioral scientist at Duke University. Most normal people, when told they have kidney cancer, worry about ...

Renal cysts and renal stones are common diseases in urology, but it is less common for both to coexist in a patient's kidney. In some unsophisticated urology clinics, separate elective treatments for ...