36-year-old Dickson Ndekei, a kidney recipient with Dr Patrick Mbugua Head of Renal at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). [Edward Kiplimo, Standard] For the past year, Dickson Ndekei Njoroge, 36, had ...

More than 90,000 people are on the kidney waiting list in the United States. Living donors supply about a third of all donated kidneys. This lifesaving choice can be made on behalf of a known person, ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Within the last 10 years, minimally invasive surgery, also known as "keyhole" or "band-aid" surgery, has become an alternative to ...

Current guidelines do not adequately address removal of small, asymptomatic kidney stones, leaving the decision to surgeons. Removing small, asymptomatic kidney stones during endoscopic surgery may ...

Anyone who has suffered through a large, painful kidney stone wants to avoid a repeat episode. Now a new trial confirms one preventive strategy: removing small "silent" stones before they cause ...

Engineers and clinicians have found that adding light-absorbing nanoparticles to surgical saline can make laser kidney stone removal up to seven times more efficient, without raising heat risks or ...