Metabolic syndrome severity is a meaningful marker of chronic kidney disease risk even when patients do not have other major ...

Patients who regularly use antiemetic medication, such as for nausea from chemotherapy, appear at increased risk for chronic kidney disease. Patients who use antiemetics have an increased risk of ...

Kidneys are vital organs. Early kidney damage shows subtle signs. Facial puffiness and foamy urine are common indicators. Dry ...

This article was reviewed by Lynn Marie Morski, MD, JD. There’s a lot ofcuriosity, confusion, and misinformation around how ...

When we hear “fatty disease,” most people think only of the liver. But doctors now warn that kidneys too can accumulate ...

Flare risk also progressively decreased with longer remission. Investigators studied persistence of remission, kidney function preservation, and flare risk in patients with lupus nephritis.

Robotic and minimally invasive kidney cancer surgery may reduce pain, shorten recovery time and preserve kidney function, according to Dr. Armine Smith.

NeuroScientific Biopharmaceuticals’ stem cell therapy helped 80% of a small group of kidney patients keep donor organs. The ...

Pravastatin slows the rate of kidney-function loss in patients with or at risk for cardiovascular disease, although its effect is modest and most pronounced in those with moderate chronic kidney ...

Health experts caution that certain everyday supplements can harm kidney function long before symptoms appear. Learn which products pose risks.

Creatine supplementation is generally safe for healthy individuals at recommended dosages, without causing kidney damage.