Kidneys

Body Language: Knowing Your Parts

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living


Dr. Jon LaPook

There are a few parts of the body you should be familiar with in order to recognize important symptoms and alert your doctor. Here's my top-four list of organs whose location patients should know but often don't.

Art of Attention: Practice Yoga? Teach Yoga? Think About Yoga? Read This.

Elena Brower | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living


Elena Brower

Form and Function within yoga. Together, they are a complete practice. One without the other is a downright limiting of our potential -- and an incomplete class experience.

Illegal Organ Trafficking Poses A Global Problem

Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 08.24.2009 | World


The recent New Jersey corruption probe, which resulted in the arrest of 44 people including state legislators, government officials and several rabbis...

My Big Fat Vegan Kidney Donation

Hillary Rettig | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living


Hillary Rettig

A lot of people look at you weird when you tell them you're donating a kidney to a non-family member, just as they look at you weird when you tell them you're vegan.

A Toxic World?

Dr. Jeffrey McCombs | Posted 11.28.2008 | Living


Dr. Jeffrey McCombs

Some people think that the body is adequately equipped for detoxification, but if it were, we wouldn't have words like carcinogen, teratogens, reproductive toxicants, and endocrine disruptors.

Critics: Jesus Christians Donate Kidneys For Publicity

Wall Street Journal | LAURA MECKLER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Ashwyn Falkingham wanted to donate one of his kidneys but didn't know anyone who needed one. With the help of a Web site, he met a woman in Toronto wh...