Scientists have made a remarkable breakthrough in kidney research. In a paper published in the journal Communications Biology, a team of researchers at Kyoto University led by Ramin Sadeghian present ...

When the kidneys start to fail, their effects are felt on the internal system of the body. With the gradual decline in renal-homeostatic function, hormonal, structural changes ensue that compromise ...

Your kidneys are the ultimate filtration system, but common routines like overusing painkillers or skimping on water could be ...

In patients with chronic kidney disease, the loss of podocytes—part of the kidney's glomerular filtration barrier—causes irreversible disease progression. So far, physicians and researchers have found ...

A fasting-mimicking diet (FMD) restored kidney function in a rodent model and promoted renoprotection in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) by reducing proteinuria and improving endothelial ...

Score had temporal stability for patients with stable kidney function, but was responsive for only some with worsening disease.

Rhabdomyolysis is a condition in which muscle damage—often caused by drug intake—can lead to impaired kidney function and ...

Officer Quas’Jon “Q” Flowers, 25, and a two-year veteran of the Albany Police Department, was diagnosed with advanced kidney ...

Disagreement between creatinine and cystatin C kidney tests signals a much higher risk of serious disease and death, ...

When the heart can no longer pump blood efficiently throughout the body, kidney function issues are among the first complications to develop. Congestive heart failure (CHF), a condition that reflects ...