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The auto driver who now roams in a BMW is face of the gang

The auto driver who now roams in a BMW is face of the gang

The man who lures illegal donors with a silver tongue and promise of big money then rules over them with an iron fist; he is now on a property-buying spree in Delhi and Kolkata, say victims

03 October,2024 09:19 AM IST | Mumbai | Diwakar Sharma
Here's how online kidney racketeers trap donors through Telegram, Facebook

Here's how online kidney racketeers trap donors through Telegram, Facebook

The mid-day investigation revealed that these online kidney racketeers take advantage of loopholes to abuse the needy and poor. 

01 October,2024 11:06 AM IST | Mumbai | Faisal Tandel
Mid-Day Investigation: Kidney racketeers move online, exploit desperate donors

Mid-Day Investigation: Kidney racketeers move online, exploit desperate donors

Messaging app Telegram has become the go-to place where touts trap the poor and the needy into donating their organs at bargain-basement rates. mid-day infiltrated one such gang online to expose how they entice and shortchange impoverished donors

30 September,2024 12:12 PM IST | Mumbai | Diwakar Sharma
Weight loss surgery can reduce kidney failure risk in diabetics by 44 pc: Study

Weight loss surgery can reduce kidney failure risk in diabetics by 44 pc: Study

In people with Type 2 diabetes, obesity, and chronic kidney disease, bariatric or weight loss surgery can significantly protect kidney function and reduce the risk of kidney failure

21 September,2024 11:49 AM IST | Mumbai | IANS
Maharashtra: H1N1 tragedy gives new life to toddler in Kolhapur

Mid-Day Premium Maharashtra: H1N1 tragedy gives new life to toddler in Kolhapur

3-year-old Aarush receives life-saving kidney transplant from young organ donor in Mumbai

23 August,2024 06:40 AM IST | Mumbai | Eshan Kalyanikar
High BP patients may suffer from kidney damage: Doctors

High BP patients may suffer from kidney damage: Doctors

Uncontrolled hypertension may narrow, harden or weaken the arteries around the kidneys disturbing the kidney's process of filtering blood, regulating fluid and electrolytes in the body

16 May,2024 02:56 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
From Kidney Failure to Motorcycle Crusade: Vinod's 2000 km Ride for Organ

From Kidney Failure to Motorcycle Crusade: Vinod's 2000 km Ride for Organ

The foundation's initiatives extend beyond awareness campaigns to include practical support for patients and families.

26 February,2024 11:40 AM IST | MUMBAI | BrandMedia
Keto diet can help in controlling polycystic kidney disease: Study

Keto diet can help in controlling polycystic kidney disease: Study

For Polycystic kidney disease patients, these findings represent an opportunity to control a genetic disease that leads to a progressive condition, causing pain and robbing them of their quality of life, and often resulting in the need for dialysis and kidney transplantation

14 December,2023 08:08 AM IST | New York | IANS
Emmy Award winner Marty Krofft passes away due to kidney failure at 86

Emmy Award winner Marty Krofft passes away due to kidney failure at 86

Marty Krofft died of kidney failure in Los Angeles, surrounded by family and friends, according to his publicist, B Harlan Boll

29 November,2023 06:55 AM IST | Los Angeles | ANI
Blood samples to help predict kidney diseases in type 2 diabetes patients: Study

Blood samples to help predict kidney diseases in type 2 diabetes patients: Study

There has been significant progress in developing treatments for kidney disease in people with diabetes. However, it can be difficult to assess an individual patient's risk for developing kidney disease based on clinical factors alone, so determining who is at greatest risk of developing diabetic kidney disease is an important clinical need

16 May,2023 12:40 PM IST | Washington | ANI

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