Actor Grizz Chapman of "30 Rock" said Monday he needs a kidney transplant and wants to raise awareness of the dangers of high blood pressure, which led to his condition. ...more

December 15, 2009

Twenty-six operations put healthy kidneys into 13 desperately ill people: Doctors in the nation's capital just performed a record-setting kidney swap, part of a pioneering effort to expand transplants to patients who too often don't qualify. ...more

December 15, 2009

TALLAHASSEE (AP) — An act expanding insurance coverage for kidney transplants that's named for retired Miami Heat basketball star Alonzo Mourning is among 28 new laws going into effect. ...more

September 30, 2009

Natalie Cole's sister, actress Carol Cole, has died. She was 64. ...more

May 23, 2009

Martha Minahan is the opening act. She stands before the group and introduces her husband, Bill. ...more

March 26, 2009

Alonzo Mourning's jersey will soon hang over the Miami Heat's home floor. ...more

February 28, 2009

A Long Island surgeon embroiled in a nearly four-year divorce proceeding wants his estranged wife to return the kidney he donated to her, although he says he'll settle for $1.5 million in compensation. ...more

January 8, 2009

A man flying to Gainesville for a kidney transplant, his wife and a pilot were killed when their twin-engine aircraft attempted an instrument landing and crashed short of the Gainesville airport early Friday, police said. ...more

November 8, 2008

"Hold Tight," by Harlan Coben (Dutton, $26.95) To read this fast-paced novel is to hope that the events Harlan Coben describes will never, ever happen to you. But maybe they will, and that's the point. ...more

July 27, 2008

LifeLink Foundation is hosting a series of lunches, 12 at 12, to build awareness of its work and LifeLink Legacy Fund. ...more

July 5, 2008