The kidneys are vital organs that play a significant role in maintaining the body’s internal environment. They filter about 200 quarts of blood daily, removing waste products and excess fluids through ...

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 ...

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 ...

Starting the day with a glass of warm lemonade or fresh vegetable juice provides vitamins and antioxidants that help the liver and kidneys detox.

People with Type 2 diabetes should be concerned with their kidney function, but current testing is woefully insufficient. A ...

Blueberries, red grapes and apples offer antioxidants that strengthen liver and kidney function and improve detoxification.

Medications and extra fluid infusions can help protect your kidneys from damage during chemotherapy. More than one million people receive chemotherapy or radiation treatments for their cancer each ...

Nine out of 10 people with chronic kidney disease only find out when it progresses to later stages. Here’s what we know about its risk factors—and why there's new reason to hope for more effective ...

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center (UH), Cleveland Clinic and Lifebanc (a Northeast Ohio organ-procurement organization) ...

Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a rare, acquired disease of the blood. Evidence suggests that PNH may increase the chances of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD). PNH is characterized ...

Heart failure patients treated with finerenone (Kerendia; Bayer AG) are more likely to have an early decline in kidney function than those treated with placebo, but the decline should not be construed ...