Daltyn was diagnosed with PKD, polycystic kidney disease, when he was six months old. He started dialysis when he was just 18 months old. He had his first kidney transplant...
Read along as we follow the heartwarming and unbreakable bond between two sisters, Jesica and Raquel, and how one sisters act of selflessness forever changed both of their lives.
Not caring for your kidneys, or for your body as a whole, can put you at risk for chronic kidney disease—a condition that affects roughly 10% of the U.S. population...
The University of Utah Health transplant teams have performed a record-breaking number of organ transplant surgeries in 2022, which means life-saving procedures have been provided to 297 patients from throughout...
Due to surgical risks, people with a BMI of 35 or higher haven't been eligible for a kidney transplant or to be a living kidney donor. However, a robot can...
Heidi Shaw, a transplant coordinator at University of Utah Health has been a nurse for 20 years and was inspired to donate one of her kidneys before she turned 50.
When she was growing up on a small Idaho farm, Diana McGuire always dreamed of breaking away to attend college. She excelled academically — graduating as valedictorian of her high...
A University of Utah neurology professor has received a more than $3.5 million Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award to further his research into neurodegenerative diseases
The Utah Medical Association has named former Director of the Utah Department of Health, David N. Sundwall, M.D., as Utah’s Doctor of the Year for 2014.
