Kidney

All Articles

June 18, 2023
14-year-old Lance Hubbard said he aims to “live up to the sacrifice” after his dad donated a kidney so that…
May 8, 2023
A senior Nigerian politician and his wife were handed prison sentences Friday for conspiring to transport a street trader to…
December 28, 2022
Scientists in America are on a mission to ease the nation's transplant shortage by bioengineering replacement organs.
Nazi Salute Ku Klux Klan thegrio.com
August 30, 2019
A woman says she refused to give her terminally ill grandfather a kidney, despite being the only match, because of…
December 31, 2015
On Tuesday, a pair of police officers from the La Vergne Police Department in Tennessee walked into the Vanderbilt University…
October 30, 2015
Doctors are reportedly surprised to find that Lamar Odom's kidneys are rapidly improving and that he will not need a…
December 24, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - As Christmas approaches, one family celebrates the gift a daughter gave to her ailing mother: a kidney...
December 15, 2011
MIAMI (AP) - A woman who received a new kidney after posting a plea for help on Craigslist is recovering…
July 18, 2011
VIDEO - Selina Hodge, 28, is looking for help from anyone who is willing. She hopes to write a book…
May 10, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Donated kidneys from black donors don't last as long as those from non-black donors, and new research…
January 2, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Spending nine hours a week in a dialysis chair watching her blood filter through a large machine…
May 19, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - "I believe he is going to survive this, but he's had a total kidney failure," Tom Prichard,…
April 27, 2010
OPINION - While African Americans comprise 13 percent of the U.S. population, we make up 35 percent of the individuals…
January 6, 2010
VIDEO - She helps unlock the secrets to success in school with teenagers other teachers might write-off. To know Tonya…
November 25, 2009
VIDEO - Once strangers, they're now forever connected, after exchanging priceless gifts. They swapped kidneys...
November 10, 2009
VIDEO - In 1999, doctors diagnosed jazz musician David Ware with kidney failure. By December 2008, his dialysis treatment stopped…