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PITTSBURGH -- A South Park man said he has no plans right now to take legal action against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center after an unsuccessful kidney transplant. Meanwhile, Crystal Lynn Wilson, of Wilkinsburg, said she wants to donate a kidney to Dominic Leccia after seeing his story on Channel 11. During a kidney transplant last week, Leccia started to come out from under anesthesia. His natural reflexes jolted the kidney out of place, making the kidney unusable. Wilson said she is serious about the transplant. "If I got two and I don't need two, what's it doing in...

(IsraelNN.com) A surgical team at Rechovot’s Kaplan Hospital announced a medical first, the removal of a diseased kidney using laparoscopy instead of conventional surgery. The procedure was accomplished by making four small incisions and the patient was up and about the following day, reporting minimal pain. Doctors explain the left kidney of the female in her 60s stopped working, and eventually became diseased, resulting in a systemic infection that called for the removal of the diseased organ. ‘Standard’ removal of the diseased kidney would have required a large incision through soft tissue and abdominal area muscles resulting in a week...

Kidney donor pushes his altruism to the extremeBy Stephanie StromThe New York Times PHILADELPHIA — Having given one kidney to a total stranger, Zell Kravinsky was sipping an orange-mango Snapple and, unprompted, making a case for giving away his other one. "What if someone needed it who could produce more good than me?" Kravinsky said last week. "What if I was a perfect match for a dying scientist who was the intellectual driving force behind a breakthrough cure for cancer or AIDS or on the brink of unlocking the secrets of cell regeneration?" The consequences of Kravinsky giving away his...

Ex-leader's body has rejected two kidneys Former President Idi Amin Dada's life is hanging onto a haemo-dialysis machine, which acts as an external kidney, family sources have said. Amin needs a new kidney to stay alive, the sources added. Medical sources told The Monitor that a dialyser is a piece of medical equipment through which blood is passed for purification, and then back into the body. It is normally used with patients whose kidneys have failed. The dialyser removes impurities like urea, excess salts and uric acid. If the urea is not removed, it affects the brain among others...

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MADISON, Wisconsin (AP) -- A 5-year-old received a kidney Friday from a donor who answered a newspaper ad placed by the girl's mother. Angela Rushford and the donor were in stable condition Friday at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison, a hospital spokeswoman said. Doctors expect the two to remain hospitalized for a week to 10 days. "I owe David Harper a lot," Angela's father, Tony Rushford, said shortly after the surgery. "When I was a kid, my hero was Spider-Man. Now it's David Harper." Angela has polycystic renal failure, a condition doctors say is usually seen in older...

Man to get wife’s kidney By Allison Fashek Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE – Not many couples receive confirmation that they are meant to be together. But on Nov. 25, Angelo and Shawna Pacheco got just that in the form of a blood test result. The two found out that Shawna matched three of Angelo’s genetic markers, enabling her to donate a kidney to her husband. Doctors from Porter Adventist Hospital in Colorado told Shawna and Angelo that the odds of someone other than a sibling having such a close genetic match are rare. “I guess we’re really soulmates,”...

SEATTLE - On May 30, Elizabeth Kresse became the first person in the Northwest to receive an islet transplant. The tiny cells are working to cure her diabetes. "This is big this is a life change. This is a new life ... and it's going to be a better life," said Kresse. One week later, Jackie Westcott, and another type 1 diabetic, David Ellis, would be among the first patients anywhere to receive a combination kidney and islet transplant. "I'll be limited for a while in what I can do, but after that, I'll be free to do what I...

MILFORD – As Brittany Smith got ready to blow out the candles on a huge sheet cake marking her 16th birthday, it’s doubtful any of the 60 or so people who came to her home on Sunday to celebrate wondered what her wish was going to be. Nobody knows for sure, because wishes don’t come true if you tell what they are. But most likely, Brittany’s had something to do with the major operation she’s undergoing next month to get a new kidney.Brittany’s mom, Christine Smith, threw the all-day barbecue and party, not only for Brittany’s Sweet 16, but also...

<p>LONDON (AP) --  A few soldiers -- mainly Americans -- might suffer kidney damage from depleted uranium munitions used in the Persian Gulf and Balkans conflicts if they swallowed or inhaled enough of the dust, according to a report published Tuesday.</p>