Gift of life by neighbor
Gift of life' by a neighbor. An 84-year-old man from Texas saves neighbor's life, becomes the oldest living kidney donor. Frank Dewhurst at age 84, is the oldest living kidney [...]
Polycystic Kidney Disease- Symptoms, Treatment & Causes
Polycystic Kidney Disease, an overview- Polycystic kidney disease (also called PKD) is a disease in which clusters of cysts develop and grow primarily within your kidneys. This causes the kidney to enlarge and [...]
Know Your Disease: Understanding the Basics of Kidney Disease:
The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs. They are located below the rib cage on each side of your body. Most people without juvenile kidney disease are born with two functioning kidneys, [...]
SKI Vascular Center is First Ambulatory Surgical Center in the Nation to Utilize FDA-Approved Ellipsys System for Non-Surgical Dialysis Fistula Creation
TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tempe-based interventional nephrologists Randy Cooper, MD and Umar Waheed, MD, and their team at SKI Vascular Center, this week became the first ambulatory surgical center in the [...]