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By Amy Shwab January 4th 1983 is a special day in my husband, Rick's, life. It is the day he received a kidney from his younger sister, Beth. Now, 26 ...

By Lara E. Tushla, LCSW Everyone talks about the success rates of kidney transplants. Rarely do we talk about what happens when transplants fail. In t...

The risk for fracture after kidney transplantation is estimated conservatively at 2 to 3% of patients per year1. Mineral and bone disorder of chronic...

The National Kidney Foundation encourages all transplant recipients who wish to grow their families to learn more about post-transplant pregnancies. C...

Did you know that skin cancer is the most common cancer to develop in organ transplant recipients? If your answer was no, you are not alone. Studies h...

Low vitamin D levels or "vitamin D deficiency" is defined as a total vitamin D level less than 20 ng/mL. This is very common after transplantation. Wh...

Having a transplant shouldnt keep anyone from traveling; it just requires a little extra planning. By making travel arrangements in advance, Ive bee...

Within the past year, you may have heard about two new medications that were approved by the FDA for use in kidney transplant recipients, Nulojix (be...

By Martha Walker, Physical Therapist, DPT After your transplant surgery, whether you are the recipient or the living donor, everyone from your doctors...

By Janelle Gonyea, RD, LD Receiving a transplant requires a surgical procedure, creating an incision that will need to heal properly to get you back o...