Two separate studies published in Internation journals by Indian researchers have confirmed benefits of using ‘Punarnava’, an Indian herb, for kidney ailments. The extract from the plant can help with both preventing and managing kidney disease, said researchers, and added that one can definitely help slow the disease’s progression and treats its symptoms and complications by using formulations containing ‘Punarnava’ and a careful diet. According to a case study conducted […]

                                   An impoverished Indian father plans to sell his own kidney to fund life-saving treatment for his three morbidly-obese children. Sisters Yogita Rameshbhai Nandwana, 5, and Anisha, 3, and their 18-month-old brother Harsh, are among the world’s heaviest young children. Weighing 34kg, 48kg and 15kg respectively, the food they eat in a week is […]

WARWICK, R.I. — A Rhode Island man is getting creative in his search to secure a kidney donor for his wife. Jim Small, of Warwick, is exhausting all avenues to find a donor to match his wife’s rare type O-negative blood. WJAR-TV reports ( http://bit.ly/1IF7nDO ) Small first started with a sign on the back of his pickup truck that read, “Type O Blood. Wife Needs Kidney. Please Donate,” along […]

PETALING JAYA,Malaysia: A foreign maid has alleged that her agent is demanding RM6,500 or one of her kidneys in exchange for her passport to return home. P. Jayadevi from Madurai in India is trying to go home after receiving news that her husband is ill but is stuck in Malaysia after the agent went missing with her passport and other travel documents. “I have begged him to let me go […]

They were strangers who met on a bus. They believe God brought them together. Shobha Warrier reports on an incredible story of kindness and giving from Kerala. Here is an unusual story of two people from different faiths and different places with the hand of God uniting them in a bus. And this chance meeting is going to change both their lives. Father Sebastian is a 41-year-old Catholic priest from […]