CHICAGO (CBS) — A 74-year-old Zion man is celebrating a new lease on life after he underwent a kidney transplant while he was still awake. Harry Stackhouse, a father of six and grandfather to 17 ...

A Zion man is the second to recover from an awake kidney transplant at Northwestern Medicine.

CHICAGO, Ill. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - There are more than 780,000 people living with kidney disease. On average, 25,000 people will receive a transplant each year, but 90,000 people are still on the ...

Stem cell donations save lives—and they are often a selfless act to help a stranger. But one case involving a Chicago man with leukemia shows it can help the donor too—in profound ways.

Read about an awake kidney transplant at Northwestern Medicine, where a 74-year-old patient was discharged just 36 hours after the painless procedure.

For patients who can't have anesthesia, a new approach to surgery allows them to remain awake during their own kidney transplants.

⁠Transplant surgeons at Northwestern Medicine in Illinois have performed what is thought to be the first awake kidney transplant in the US. The patient, 28-year-old John Nicholas of Chicago, was ...

With wait for kidney transplant killing me, a plea to potential live donors As the years and months pass by, my health, due to my kidney failure, has further deteriorated.

About 3,500 Illinoisans are waiting for a kidney transplant in Illinois, where, according to the American Kidney Fund, the average wait time is five to seven years.

CHICAGO, Ill. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - There are more than 780,000 people living with kidney disease. On average, 25,000 people will receive a transplant each year. But 90,000 people are still on the ...

Stem cell donations save lives—and they are often a selfless act to help a stranger. But one case involving a Chicago man with leukemia shows it can help the donor too—in profound ways.