UAB Medicine has performed a groundbreaking surgery in the Southeast, marking a significant milestone in medical procedures.

UAB said traditionally, kidney transplants are done with an eight-to-10-inch cut across the abdomen. With the robotic kidney ...

Cleveland Clinic has reportedly witnessed and performed the United States' first-ever robot-assisted surgery during a dual kidney transplant. This innovative method involved a minimally invasive ...

Kidney transplantation can be done using kidneys from either living or deceased donors, and both options save lives. Living donor transplants offer shorter wait times, planned surgery, quicker kidney ...

In a medical first, doctors transplanted a gene-edited pig kidney into a human patient after giving her a new heart pump. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Share on Pinterest Bariatric surgery may be better for preserving kidney function in people with diabetes and obesity than GLP-1 drugs. Image credit: Ruben Earth/Getty Images. In a new study, people ...

Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine performed a kidney transplant on an awake patient, marking a first for the Chicago-based healthcare system. The patient, 28-year-old John Nicholas of Chicago, felt no ...

Can beer flush out kidney stones? Does clear urine guarantee protection? Should calcium be avoided? A nephrologist debunks 12 ...