September 30, 2015
Rita, a vivacious mother and businesswoman, is shocked to find her kidneys are failing. With 100,000 people on the transplant waitlist, her chances are not good. But there may be an angel closer to Rita than she realizes.
August 1, 2015
Joan McComas was determined to save Bill's life with her kidney donation — if only they could find a hospital willing to do the transplant. Read their story at NewYork-Presbyterian's Health Matters site.
August 1, 2015
Cesare Bonventre and his cousin Josephine Bonventre — who, as patients at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian — were part of one of the longest kidney transplant chains ever undertaken.
January 2, 2015
When Matt Felix's liver began to fail, he knew needed a transplant. Word spread fast about his condition, eventually making its way to Pat Kacani, one of his college friends."I was sitting at my desk and reading it and I was like, 'Oh, man,'" Kacani told WTVR. "I was like, 'I can do this. It is going to be me.'"Kacani volunteered to donate part of his healthy liver to help Felix, and eventually found out he was a match.... Read More
July 24, 2014
The question: A lot of times when I push myself hard during a workout, I feel like I have a mini cold for like three hours, and then it goes away. Why does this happen?
