31.   In November, he discovered his kidney was rapidly failing and he needed a transplant.

32.   Muscles waste away, kidneys fail.

33.   Nicolaus deteriorated rapidly after developing a complication called hemolytic uremic syndrome in which the kidneys fail and anemia or bleeding problems develop.

34.   The attacks, known as hemolytic episodes, happened during dialysis, a medical procedure in which waste products are removed from people whose kidneys have failed.

35.   The cancer had made her kidneys fail, and it also kept doctors from giving her a new kidney.

36.   The machines are used to cleanse the blood of deadly toxins when the kidneys fail.

37.   With smiles, laughter and high hopes, Utah Jazz center Greg Ostertag donated a kidney Thursday to his younger sister, whose kidneys failed in March.

38.   Samoans and Tongans arrive here and, like New Zealanders, expect free dialysis treatment, which purifies the blood of people whose kidneys are failing.