PreviewWhen a relative needs a kidney to survive, family members often impulsively offer to donate one without stopping to consider the physical, emotional, and financial ramifications, which can be considerable. The family's primary care physician can be very helpful in guiding and educating ...
Yet last year, just 6,290 of the nation's more than 27,000 kidney transplants came from living donors, the most since before the pandemic. Safety isn't the only barrier to living donation. So is awareness, as many patients are reluctant to ask. And while the recipient's insurance cover...
A donated kidney from a living personis likely to remain healthy for longer than one froma donor who is dead, but there is some risk to the donor. Donating a kidney while you are alive is not likely to cause any health problems unless your remaining kidney becomes injured or diseased. Wh...
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