Living kidney donations can be a better match, reducing the risk of organ rejection. They allow for surgery to be planned for ...

The human body sends signals when something is wrong, but too often these warnings go unnoticed or misunderstood. For the African American community, this oversight can be particularly dangerous ...

This post was updated April 1 at 11:10 p.m. Dr. Anjay Rastogi, the clinical chief of nephrology and director of the Clinical excellence, Outreach, Research and Education Kidney Health Program for UCLA ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Kidney disease can easily go unnoticed at first. Dr. Gill gives us the early signs of kidney disease, which most commonly can be seen through routine bloodwork. We are ...

JACKSON, Miss. – Master Sgt. Ron Bohl didn’t hesitate. His brother, Matthew, was battling stage 5 kidney disease, and time was running out. When he learned the wait for a donor kidney could take up to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . On May 23, the WHO recognized kidney disease as a global health threat and urged member states to take steps to ...

Allina Health closed its Kidney Transplant and Living Kidney Donor Program at Abbott Northwestern Hospital on June 27. An Allina spokesperson issued the following statement: “Allina Health has made ...

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 ...

Internal medicine and rheumatology specialist Siobhan Deshauer, MD, does a deep dive on the signs of kidney disease. Following is a partial transcript of the video (note that errors are possible): ...

A doctor explains 17 visible signs of kidney disease, revealing how changes in the body can signal serious kidney problems before symptoms become severe.