People with diabetes have a higher risk of many different health issues, including kidney and heart problems. Although various medicines can help reduce the risk of these issues, many people with ...

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 ...

(WNDU) - Vital organs work together to keep the body healthy, and that connection runs deep. When one isn’t working properly, it can negatively impact the other, leading to more health complications.

Our kidneys do a tremendous amount of work. Every day, they filter about 150 quarts of blood, cleaning it of waste, toxins and extra water. They regulate how much fluid is in the body and balance our ...

Regularly testing your kidney function can help you catch early kidney disease. You can manage diabetes and high blood pressure to prevent kidney disease from progressing. Lifestyle changes, like ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Vital organs work together to keep the body healthy. And that connection runs deep. When one isn’t working properly, it can negatively impact the other…leading to ...

End-stage kidney dis­ease is the last stage (5th stage) of chronic kid­ney disease (CKD). ESRD is also called kidney fail­ure, which develops when the treatment of CKD is either delayed or not ...

Scientists have been searching for years for an alternative to human transplants because the donor supply cannot keep up with demand, particularly where kidneys are concerned. More than 90,000 people ...

(CNN) — Doctors at New York University say two new studies show that they are a significant step closer to making kidney transplants from other species a real option in the near future. Scientists ...