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The Black community faces a higher risk of chronic kidney disease. This can be due to genetics, higher rates of hypertension and diabetes, and socioeconomic issues such as access to healthcare and structural racism. Dr. Ivan Porter II, a Mayo Clinic nephrologist, discusses ways to help reduce the risk of chronic kidney disease.
Mayo Clinic FloridaMayo Clinic ArizonaMayo Clinic RochesterDr. Naim Issa, a Mayo Clinic transplant nephrologist, says, until recently, patients with Type 2 diabetes have been ruled out as potential living kidney donors. Now, following strict criteria, some patients may be eligible to help close the gap on this ever-growing need for living kidney donors.
Mayo Clinic FloridaMayo Clinic ArizonaMayo Clinic RochesterLisa Brown, 53, of Jacksonville, suffered from severe pelvis and back pain for years. She later learned that her bladder wasn’t working due to follicular cystitis, a rare and non-specific inflammatory disease of the bladder, and inflammatory pseudotumor of the bladder. In 2017, her bladder was removed using robotic-assisted surgery and replaced with a “neobladder”…
Mayo Clinic FloridaMayo Clinic ArizonaMayo Clinic RochesterMore than 103,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant, according to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. Nearly 60% of people on transplant waiting lists come from minority communities.
Mayo Clinic FloridaMayo Clinic ArizonaMayo Clinic RochesterCharlotte Markle, 81, is among the world’s longest-surviving kidney transplant recipients. Her transplant at Mayo Clinic was over 57 years ago on March 2, 1966.
Mayo Clinic FloridaMayo Clinic ArizonaMayo Clinic RochesterMayo Clinic’s first robotic-assisted kidney transplant was successfully performed on Oct. 4 on a woman in her 60s who received a kidney from her daughter.
Mayo Clinic FloridaMayo Clinic ArizonaA new patient outreach program at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona is working to connect American Indians and Alaska Natives with the lifesaving transplants they need. In the Navajo Reservation in Northern Arizona, one man says the program helped save his life.
Mayo Clinic ArizonaOver 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant. If you’ve never considered organ donation or delayed becoming a donor because of possibly inaccurate information, here are answers to some common organ donation myths and concerns.
Mayo Clinic RochesterMayo Clinic ArizonaMayo Clinic FloridaSix of the 11 Mayo Clinic hospitals across the organization, including Mayo Clinic Rochester, Arizona, and Florida, received earned five stars for Overall Hospital Quality from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)—the best score possible. The national average is 3 of 5 stars.
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