1.   Because Elliott had a kidney ailment that was detected in an examination by Rockets physicians, the trade was nullified.

2.   Block already has fought off prostate cancer and non-Hodgkins lymphoma and currently undergoes dialysis three times a week for treatment of a serious kidney ailment.

3.   A little more than two weeks later, his mother died of a kidney ailment.

4.   Alonzo Mourning was lost for the season with a kidney ailment, which opened the door in the parity-stricken East.

5.   For a kidney ailment he must undergo dialysis four hours a day, three times a week.

6.   He died from a kidney ailment, Agence France-Presse reported.

7.   He died of complications of heart and kidney ailments, his family said.

8.   He had suffered from serious heart and kidney ailments, his wife, Laura, said.

9.   Ivan, who had been suffering from a kidney ailment, died at Lake Forest Hospital in suburban Chicago.

10.   Just when the Miami Heat had regrouped for a title run, Alonzo Mourning was lost for the season with a kidney ailment.