As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reconsiders the ban on asbestos, an Indiana man suffering from asbestosis ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's been six months since 55-year-old Andrew Wagner received a life-saving procedure. He came back to Chicago for a post-surgery check-up on Tuesday. "Our kids see us differently ...

Zachary Ryan Short, 33, works 50-60 hours a week as a truck driver on dialysis in stage 5 kidney failure. He's the sole ...

The other type of kidney transplant is a living donor transplant, which is from someone who has two healthy kidneys, and donates one to a person in need. While these donations are less common, Dr ...

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.

Pappas received a kidney donation in 2017, but her kidney has since failed and she has been on another transplant list since November of last year, she said. Audrey Richardson, Chicago Tribune ...

Mike Torti donated a kidney last October to help the son of former neighbors who he had not seen in more than 20 years in what is known as a paired exchange. The Woodridge man holds up a T-shirt ...

⁠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 ...

Chicago Cubs superfans Denise Vasquez and Cathy Weadly first bonded over spring training baseball in Arizona. But when Weadly found out that Vasquez needed a kidney transplant, she stepped up to ...

About two months after receiving a donated kidney, a 61-year-old man ended up back in the hospital. He was tired, nauseous, and vomiting. He was also excessively thirsty and producing too much urine.

M ARLIN, Texas (KWTX) - A Central Texas man is beginning a new chapter as he is in San Antonio for a life-changing kidney ...