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Former Ghanaian MP Kojo Adu Asare defied six years of dialysis and near-death moments to receive a life-saving kidney transplant. His story is sparking urgent conversations about affordable kidney care across Ghana.
After a dialysis emergency led to cardiac arrest and months on a ventilator, Dominique worked with her care team at Kindred Hospital Ocala to breathe on her own again and return home to her son. Her recovery shows what's possible with specialized long-term care.
A common constipation medication unexpectedly slowed kidney decline in people with chronic kidney disease by changing gut bacteria. The discovery could help millions avoid dialysis using a drug already approved and available.
A small clinical trial shows promise for a dialysis-like treatment that could help pregnant people with severe preeclampsia carry their babies longer without emergency delivery. The condition affects 4% of U.S. pregnancies and currently has no cure except delivering the baby, often prematurely.
For nearly 50 years, volunteers in Laredo, Texas have kept a kidney foundation alive without any state or federal funding, serving over 900 dialysis patients. What started with two women responding to a child's organ donation has become a lifeline for hundreds.
Medications originally created for diabetes are now protecting kidney function and keeping patients off dialysis for years longer. One in three American adults faces kidney disease risk, but early detection and new treatments are changing outcomes.
Australian culinary icon Maggie Beer traveled to Alice Springs to train staff at Purple House, an Aboriginal health organization, in creating nutritious meals for elderly dialysis patients. The initiative aims to combat malnutrition while keeping Indigenous elders living on their traditional homelands.
Nigeria is sending life-saving dialysis equipment to five states battling Lassa fever, giving doctors new tools to save patients facing kidney complications. The machines arrived through partnerships between health agencies and corporate donors who recognized the urgent need.
A New Jersey eighth grader born with kidney disease is running out of time to find a living donor. The community is stepping up to help 13-year-old Thaddeus Giansanti get the life-saving transplant he needs.
When Winter Storm Fern turned Shreveport roads into ice rinks, volunteer heroes got dialysis patients to life-saving treatments and essential workers to their jobs. The Shreveport Volunteer Network worked around the clock to keep their community moving.
A 64-year-old hospital in Ghana just performed its first dialysis treatment, bringing life-saving kidney care to a region where patients once traveled hours for help. The new $1.5 million center means thousands can now get treatment close to home.
Indian hospitals now routinely perform kidney transplants across blood types, opening the door for 40% more family donors who were previously ruled out. The breakthrough helps younger patients return to work instead of depending on dialysis machines.
Despite ongoing conflict, Sudan's struggling hospitals are receiving life-saving dialysis machines and lab equipment thanks to a major Japanese aid package. The $4.5 million grant brings hope to thousands who lost access to critical healthcare when war damaged the country's medical system.
First Sky Group has covered over $3 million in dialysis treatment costs for kidney patients at Ghana's largest teaching hospital since 2017. The company's founder says corporate success must include helping society's most vulnerable.