Study: Donating Kidney Not Harmful

Donating a kidney doesn’t seem to harm people’s long-term health, a study finds. The research looked at nearly 3,700 people who donated a kidney in the last 40 years. Their survival rates were similar to the U.S. average. A smaller group of donors were randomly selected for medical tests. Their health also was found to be average. In the overall group of donors, 11 later needed dialysis or a kidney transplant. That rate is lower than average. The study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The Associated Press wrote about it January 29.