“Normally, the kidney has no bone, no muscles. If you’ve got a kidney inside the kidney, you only find blood in urine, and ...

Your kidneys work as your body’s natural filtration system, cleaning your blood day and night. But this vital work depends heavily on one critical factor: your blood pressure. Medical experts warn ...

How much protein is safe? Find out from a nephrologist about the risks of excessive protein consumption.

March is National Kidney Month, a time to raise awareness about kidney-related illnesses and kidney donors. One local woman ...

The kidneys serve as the body’s primary filtration system, removing waste products and maintaining proper fluid balance. When alcohol enters the bloodstream, these vital organs bear significant ...

SELECT was a large study focused on obesity and cardiovascular disease in people without type 2 diabetes, but it included kidney outcomes as a secondary end point. The data showed that semaglutide ...

A Utah man was inspired to donate a kidney after watching his wife give one to her mother. David Garey, just 24 years old, donated to an anonymous recipient through the paired kidney exchange program ...

Kidney stones are the most common urinary tract condition globally, and calcium oxalate stones are the most prevalent type. Calcium oxalate forms when calcium combines with oxalate in the urine and ...

Dan Congleton, whose kidneys are failing, can no longer reach out to a longtime friend and former parishioner in New Jersey — and that’s actually incredibly good news. Joy Shipman, of Swedesboro, New ...