The international community has a golden opportunity to start reining in the escalating, mostly ignored global burden of ...

Extended exposure to drought conditions coupled with inadequate water intake has been linked to kidney stones, acute kidney ...

A comprehensive new review by researchers at the University of Kentucky sheds light on the intricate and damaging ...

The researchers found that people with higher DII scores—meaning they ate more inflammatory foods—were 36% more likely to ...

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a long-term condition where the kidneys don’t work as well as they should. These organs help ...

Almost half of adults in America—about 108 million people—have hypertension. Hypertension, which is also known as high blood ...

A review finds gaps in patient-nephrologist communication in advanced kidney disease, including care planning and dialysis, ...

Five years of dialysis, a kidney donation and transplant and a whole nursing program later, the mother and daughter are set ...

Chronic kidney disease happens when the kidneys slowly stop working over time. These organs are important because they remove ...

The National Kidney Foundation serving Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky is expanding its free support program, Strides ...

Father-of-one Ryan Gearon has now suffered kidney failure after making it through intense chemotherapy and multiple surgeries ...

On April 9, 2015, after four months on peritoneal dialysis, she received a kidney from her uncle. She went home three days ...