Led by Professor Takaaki Abe at Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, the team discovered that a medicine usually ...

Around one in seven adults in the United States have chronic kidney disease (CKD), a condition in which the kidneys become damaged and can’t work as efficiently. This allows waste products to build up ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains ...

Smoking isn't just bad for your lungs and heart; it's a direct assault on your kidneys.

Your kidneys work tirelessly every day, filtering approximately 120 to 150 quarts of blood to produce about 1 to 2 quarts of urine. These vital organs remove waste products, excess water, and toxins ...

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine have created a scoring model that uses key health indicators to accurately predict recovery for patients who experience kidney failure ...

That vitamin bottle on your kitchen counter promising improved energy, stronger immunity, or enhanced performance might hide an uncomfortable truth – many popular supplements can damage your kidneys ...

A surprising link between constipation and kidney decline led researchers to test lubiprostone, revealing that it can protect kidney function. The results point toward gut-based, mitochondria-boosting ...

At just 24 years old, Ben, now 36 and from Maidenhead, was diagnosed with IgA nephropathy, a rare and progressive kidney ...

Experts say we’re in a golden age for treating chronic kidney disease, with new drugs like Ozempic yielding major results. Will dialysis and organ transplants become a thing of the past? A healthy ...