New global research shows that chronic kidney disease is climbing the ranks of leading causes of death, while millions of ...

Kidneys work all day quietly. When kidneys struggle, toxins stay longer in the body and affect overall health. As per a ...

Cold weather can quietly affect kidney health by reducing hydration, raising blood pressure and encouraging sedentary habits.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common among older adults but frequently goes undetected until it is advanced. Several biological, clinical and system-level factors conspire to keep early kidney ...

Kidney disease affects millions of Americans, often developing silently until significant damage occurs. These bean-shaped organs perform essential functions beyond filtering waste—they regulate blood ...

As the Medical Director of the new Mount Sinai Kidney Center that opened this week, Dr. Vijay Lapsia is a nephrologist who treats the full range of kidney disease. His program oversees dialysis for ...

The kidney is one of the most vital organs of our body, responsible for filtering waste products and toxins from the ...

Human kidneys are an intricate network of tubes that process roughly 190 quarts of blood every day. Lining these tubes are epithelial cells that transport blood through the kidneys and circulate it ...

For more than 3 million people around the world, kidney failure is a life-altering diagnosis, if not a life-threatening one. While about 17 percent of people in the U.S. with end-stage kidney disease ...

The natural antibodies (blood proteins) most people have would destroy an organ from someone of a different blood type, so transplant patients historically had to have a compatible blood type donor.

A type of two-dimensional layered material has emerged as a candidate to assist in replacing the body's waste filtration system in wearable kidneys. For more than 3 million people around the world, ...