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 ...

(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.

Hemodialysis uses a machine to filter your blood when your kidneys are failing. In peritoneal dialysis, dialysis solution ...

Knowing the difference between pain due to the kidneys versus pain due to the back can be difficult because problems with the ...

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 ...

The relationship between blood pressure and kidney health remains one of medicine’s most important yet underappreciated connections. While most people understand that uncontrolled hypertension damages ...

“The pig kidney appears to replace all of the important tasks that the human kidney manages.” Researchers say that more work is needed, including studies in living human recipients, to establish ...

(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 ...

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 ...