The kidneys do a lot of work to ensure that the body is healthy, so this Kidney Health Month let’s take a look at just how our kidneys function. Emmanuelle Gilles, MD, a Board Certified Nephrologist ...
Water is vital for kidney health, facilitating waste removal and preventing kidney stones. Insufficient intake significantly raises the risk of chronic kidney disease, yet excessive consumption can ...
Medically reviewed by Elizabeth Barnes, RDN Key Takeaways Your body maintains a water balance between the amount it takes in ...
Your kidneys are pretty vital: They filter your blood and get rid of the waste in the body through urine. They’re also responsible for helping to regulate your blood pressure, producing red blood ...
Baseline kidney function could help identify who is at greater risk for developing chronic kidney disease following cisplatin ...
The kidneys play an essential role in helping your body maintain homeostasis, or balance. They do this by removing waste products and excess fluids. The kidneys remove these products through urine, ...
In this Ask The Professor Q&A, David St-Jules, a registered dietitian and assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition, and Dr. John Westhoff, associate professor in the School of Medicine and ...
People with Type 2 diabetes should be concerned with their kidney function, but current testing is woefully insufficient. A ...
Keeping your kidneys healthy is one of the most important things you can do for your overall well-being, yet many Americans ...
Complement 3 glomerulopathy (C3 glomerulopathy) is a very rare kidney disease. Those diagnosed with it have one of two forms of this disease: dense deposit disease (DDD) or C3 glomerulonephritis (C3GN ...