Kidney

GWR resumes accepting submissions from Israel, to recognize record of Israeli kidney donation org

This also marks the first Israeli record since the Guinness World Records resumed accepting submissions from Israel on January 15.

The Israeli voluntary kidney donation organization Matnat Chaim set a new world record for the largest gathering of organ donors in history, marking the achievement with an event on Monday night.
Gal Alush, widow of Dani z"l.

Beyond the headlines: Kidney donation record shows we all have something to give - opinion

Kidney Disease.

Chronic kidney disease ranked ninth global killer in 2023, claiming 1.48 million lives

Human fetal kidney cells

Israeli researchers grow miniature human kidney in the lab, opening door to new treatments


How old is your body? This study can help you find out

Researchers have identified four markers that determine how different areas of the body age faster.


University hospital offers relief to those with kidney failure

Patients and relatives will learn at the hospital how to use equipment given to them and perform home dialysis.

 Prof. Adi Leiba with equipment and patient.

Man with world's largest kidney stone wins Guinness World Record

The 1.76 pound kidney stone – roughly the same weight as five baseballs – is the largest kidney stone ever recorded.

 A kidney stone. These form from crystalized minerals in urine that cause severe pain when exiting the urinary tract (Illustrative).

Meet the man who is making medical devices for the masses

Avner Spector founded Medispec and Curespec. His technology improves lives around the world.

 Avner Spector

Grapevine: Running a receipt

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 KIDNEY RECIPIENT Guy Dimery and donor Yael Keller are once again up and running.

Grapevine May 24, 2023: The seven-year itch

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 YAAKOV KATZ and Inbar Ashkenazi pose alongside the life-size portrait presented to Katz by the management of The Jerusalem Post Group.

Could this Israeli shockwave treatment delay kidney transplant?

Curespec's Nephrospec shows promise in preliminary studies.

 Curespect's Nephrospec

MK Tropper sues Likud activists who called him 'pedophile'

A known Likud activist on TikTok called Tropper a 'stinking pedophile' and claimed he had donated a kidney only because he was exposed.

 Culture and Sports Minister Chili Tropper speeks to the Israeli Olympic delegation competing at the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo during a ceremony at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on June 23, 2021

Uber driver donates kidney to passenger, sparking lifelong friendship

An Uber driver donated his kidney to a passenger, forever changing the trajectory of an elderly dialysis patient's life. 

 Uber ride.

26 Israeli women were hospitalized for visiting a hair salon

Many women have been straightening their hair in recent years, but they may not be aware of the serious potentially life-threatening health risks.

 IN AKKADIAN, ‘pe-ra wasarat’ means hair that is unloosened rather than uncovered.