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A Muslim NGO has revealed that around 700 women are abducted, raped and forced into Islamic marriages every year. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Delhi: Woman tries to sell kidney to get married to her boyfriend

The 21-year-old woman from Bihar who had been divorced once, came to Delhi to sell her kidney to pay the Rs 1.8 lakh her...

18 Oct 2017 5:17 AM

The mass removed measured 31 by 19 cm (Photo: AFP)

World's biggest tumour removed from woman's kidney in Mumbai

The tumour was 50 times bigger than the woman's kidney and had grown over the intestines.

11 Oct 2017 8:43 AM

The results suggest that live births were a third more likely to occur in women who had the right amount of vitamin D. (Photo: Pixabay)

This vitamin might lead to better live rates in pregnant women!

A new study has discovered a strong link between Vitamin D and live birth rates in women undergoing assisted...

15 Nov 2017 9:44 AM

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Heartburn drugs can put kidneys at risk

5 Nov 2017 5:32 AM

The team found a dose-dependent inverse association between caffeine and all-cause mortality. (Photo: Pixabay)

Drinking coffee may cut death risk in kidney disease patients

The team found a dose-dependent inverse association between caffeine and all-cause mortality.

4 Nov 2017 11:25 AM

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Study finds impact of obesity on kidney transplant outcomes

Transplantation for many obese patients will have a significant impact on quality of life and longevity for these...

26 Oct 2018 10:19 AM

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Acute kidney injury associated with higher risk of dementia

Further studies are needed to determine the long-term cognitive consequences of AKI.

26 Oct 2018 9:36 AM

When he was supposed to move aside he spotted a mass in the pelvis and declared an emergency (Photo: AFP)

Doctor removes woman's kidney during surgery after mistaking it for a...

The reason for this was that Dr Vasquez hadn't seen scans that showed Pacheco as having a pelvic kidney due to a birth...

2 Nov 2018 7:22 AM

The swelling up also affects her breathing and sometimes she swells so much that her eyes look closed (Photo: AFP)

Condition making body to swell double its size causes girl to get both...

She has also been put on a dialysis on which she may remain all her life unless a transplant match is found for her.

29 Jan 2018 10:49 AM

G. Krushna Rao suffers from multiple kidney ailments.

Odisha: Kidney failures haunt 3 villages

Health minister Pratap Jena said he will send a team of doctors to the affected villages and put in place all facilities...

26 Jan 2018 8:23 PM

Child had condition called reflux nephropathy in which urine tends to go back to kidneys (Photo: Pixabay)

Mother donates two organs to save son's life

Devoted mum risks own life to undergo double organ donation for four-year-old son.

20 Jan 2018 10:06 AM

$The mini-kidneys lack a large artery, and without that the organs function will only be a fraction of normal. (Photo: Pixabay)$ Life

Human kidney tissue capable of producing urine developed

To test the functionality of the new structures, the team used Dextran - a fluorescent protein which stains the urine.

10 Feb 2018 9:03 AM