Study: Kidney donors do fine, no long-term issues
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 17:14
in Psychology & Sociology
NEW YORK (AP) -- Donating a kidney doesn't appear to have any long-term health consequences for the donor, a reassuring study shows. Researchers at the University of Minnesota found those who gave up one of their two kidneys lived a normal life span and were as healthy as people in the general population. The donation also didn't raise the risk of having kidney failure later....
Read the whole article on AP Health
More from AP Health
Related
- Kidney donation Web sites raise ethical concernsWed, 15 Oct 2008, 17:22:24 EDT
- Kidneys from deceased donors with acute renal failure expand donor poolThu, 1 Oct 2009, 10:16:07 EDT
- Maternal and fetal outcomes in kidney donors are similar to non-donorsFri, 7 Nov 2008, 17:36:38 EST
- Mars and Venus: Short- and long-term success of male to female kidney transplantsWed, 29 Jul 2009, 11:10:46 EDT
- Male kidneys for men only?Wed, 9 Jul 2008, 10:30:00 EDT