kidney disease /tags/kidney-disease kidney disease en-US Copyright Sat, 18 Jan 2025 02:39:04 GMT Living kidney donors get one Albuquerque man and 10,000 others off the transplant waitlist /local-news/2025-01-17/living-kidney-donors-albuquerque-10-000-others-transplant-waitlist The National Kidney Registry recently facilitated its 10,000th organ transplant from a living donor — someone who willingly gave up a kidney to a friend, family member or even a complete stranger. That includes Scott Plunket, an Albuquerque resident who received a new kidney and lease on life from a longtime friend. Sat, 18 Jan 2025 02:39:04 GMT /local-news/2025-01-17/living-kidney-donors-albuquerque-10-000-others-transplant-waitlist Nash Jones Organ donations hit a record high in NM, but the wait for kidneys remains above average /local-news/2024-04-19/organ-donations-hit-a-record-high-in-nm-but-the-wait-for-kidneys-remains-above-average Organ donations and transplants hit an all-time high in 2023, according to New Mexico Donor Services. Still, over 640 New Mexicans are sitting on a waitlist hoping to find a match before it’s too late. Donor Services, along with recipients and waitlisters themselves are undertaking efforts to get more New Mexicans with organ failure life-saving transplants. Fri, 19 Apr 2024 22:52:59 GMT /local-news/2024-04-19/organ-donations-hit-a-record-high-in-nm-but-the-wait-for-kidneys-remains-above-average Nash Jones Doctor Discusses Research Showing High Levels Of Uranium In Navajo Women And Babies /local-news/2019-11-07/doctor-discusses-research-showing-high-levels-of-uranium-in-navajo-women-and-babies As the U.S. prepared to detonate the first atomic bomb in New Mexico in the ’40s, the federal government sought uranium on Navajo land. Decades later,… Thu, 07 Nov 2019 23:18:49 GMT /local-news/2019-11-07/doctor-discusses-research-showing-high-levels-of-uranium-in-navajo-women-and-babies Marisa Demarco UNM Researchers Win Grant To Study Kidney Disease in Native Americans /public-health-new-mexico/2019-08-09/unm-researchers-win-grant-to-study-kidney-disease-in-native-americans Studies about kidney disease in the United States have historically left out Native Americans, but a pair of researchers at the University of New Mexico… Fri, 09 Aug 2019 16:55:21 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-08-09/unm-researchers-win-grant-to-study-kidney-disease-in-native-americans May Ortega