(c) Technical committee on prevention and treatment of chronic renal failure

For the kidney, as I talked to you about the first painting that you saw, the first slide I showed you, 90 percent of the patients on the transplant wait list are waiting for a kidney, 90 percent.

g Until 1997 referred to as nephritis, nephritic syndrome and nephrosis.

There are 1.8 million new cases of the most serious form of kidney disease renal failure each year. Unless patients with renal failure receive a kidney transplant or undergo dialysis an expensive life long procedure that cleanses the blood of toxins death is guaranteed within a few weeks.

(a) The transplantation of human organs, since modern science has succeeded in transplanting many organs such as kidneys, artificial kidneys, livers, lungs, pancreases, spleens, bone marrow, corneas and hearts into human bodies.

The kidney was indeed the first organ ever to be transplanted to the human.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that some 50,000 of the approximately 70,000 solid organs transplanted annually are kidney replacements and more than one third of the latter replacements take place in low or medium income countries.

In Australia, the number of people requiring kidney transplants was about 2,000 at the present time, with about 400 transplants performed each year.

In Mexico the first 10 causes of death among women in 2001 were diabetes mellitus, ischaemic diseases of the heart, cerebro vascular disease, certain affections occurring during the perinatal period, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cirrhosis and other chronic diseases of the liver, acute diseases of the lower respiratory tract, diseases arising from high blood pressure, nephritis, nephrosis and malignant tumours of the cervix.

I don't know if you realize this, but 90 percent of the patients on the transplant list are actually waiting for a kidney.

Kidney ailment, they said. Nerves, I said.

I had kidney cancer growing out of my tongue.

Scientific exchange on Cuba's experience in preventing chronic renal disease in primary health care, San Juan (Puerto Rico), 3 to 13 November 2004

As reported in the past, programmes designated as advanced technology programmes, such as those involving transplants, cardiovascular surgery, nephrology and genetics, continue to be affected by supply instability.

(d) Cuban patients with cardiac disease, renal failure, and other chronic conditions are not able to obtain the latest equipment or the drugs that are needed to treat their conditions optimally

Kidney for Sale

According to the International Society of Nephrology, kidney disease affects more than 500 million people worldwide, or 10 of the adult population. With more people developing high blood pressure and diabetes (key risks for kidney disease), the picture will only worsen.

She has kidney stones.

Very quickly they told me, Kidney cancer is an uncommon disease.

Brains and kidneys and tripe.

Don't forget a new set of kidneys.

In the front, you see, actually, Joe Murray getting the patient ready for the transplant, while in the back room you see Hartwell Harrison, the Chief of Urology at Harvard, actually harvesting the kidney.

On 18 November 2004, Thich Huyen Quang fell gravely ill and was taken to the emergency ward, suffering from failing kidneys, a heart condition and pneumonia.

This is Regina Holliday, a painter in Washington D.C., whose husband died of kidney cancer a year after my disease.

You know, Stella, in economics, a kidney ailment has no relationship to the stock market.

(j) Introduction of health check ups for the early detection of diseases, especially heart, circulatory and kidney diseases and of diabetes

She was later transferred to Saĝmalcilar prison, and was said to suffer pain in the kidneys and lung and restricted movement of the hands.

Replace Hantaviruses causing hantavirus pulmonary syndrome with Hantavirus causing hemorragic fever with renal syndrome .

Zhou Guoqiang, who reportedly suffered from tuberculosis, heart problems and nephritis, was also said to have been denied adequate medical attention.

Dr. Michel says your kidneys are shot.

She's got kidney stones, remember?

NEW HAVEN World Kidney Day, to be held on March 12, is part of a global health campaign meant to alert us to the impact of kidney disease. Sadly, there is little to celebrate.

In Europe alone it is estimated that approximately 120,000 patients are receiving dialysis treatment and around 40,000 people are waiting for a kidney the waiting list for a transplant, currently about 3 years, is projected to increase to 10 years by 2010.

Along with heart disease, these complications can include circulatory problems such as stroke, kidney disease, blindness, and amputation.

These include kidney inflammation and lesions and increased kidney weight.

What we saw in that kidney was that big blob there.

She had a whole bottle? How d'you think she got kidney stones?

445. In order to implement these objectives, detailed health programmes have been developed. They include protection against heart disease, combat against tumoral diseases, health care of mother and child, combat against tuberculosis and diabetes, dental care for children and youth of school age, improvement and development of dialysis therapy, kidney and bone marrow transplantation.

In that context, although payment is illegal in almost all countries, there are numerous reported incidents of living donors being remunerated directly or indirectly for transplanted kidneys.

This affects the country's nephrology services, whose haemodialysis programme treats 1,839 patients, including 30 children.

It has benefited many professionals and industries, too, by becoming a new source of pride, funding, and profit. Struggling to contain costs, health care payers are also among its beneficiaries.

And I saw, Aha, that's the kidney and the soleus muscle.

There, what did I say? Kidneys and bacon. Delicious.

The transplantation of solid organs, such as kidneys, livers, hearts or lungs, has gradually become a regular component of health care systems in many countries and not only in developed ones.

There's lots of hormones. There's testosterone, adrenalin.