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

Creatinine is a byproduct of muscle metabolism and under normal circumstances, the kidney's filter creatinine from the blood and pass it out of the body in the form of urine. If the kidney function ...

Italy: A new review published in Minerva Medica has revealed that GLP-1 receptor agonists may help preserve kidney function in people with type 2 diabetes.Researchers led by Alessandro ...

An IgA nephropathy diet is usually low in sodium, phosphorus, protein, and potassium. Eating foods rich in antioxidants and omega-3s can also support kidney health.

Doctors in China say they transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a 71-year-old man who lived 171 days after the procedure, and 38 of those days were with the pig organ in place – a first ...

To undergo kidney dialysis, doctors must first surgically create an access route—an arteriovenous fistula—usually in an arm, a conduit that will accommodate hemodialysis treatments. It is a routine ...

Kidney disease doctor Mohamed Ibrahim and transplant recipient Larry Jones join Jennifer Franciotti to talk about the National Kidney Foundation's Maryland Kidney Walk.

Most people consider the heart and kidneys as separate organs with unrelated functions, but they are deeply interconnected, working together to maintain overall health. The heart pumps blood ...

When University of Texas at Arlington researcher Paul J. Fadel and his colleagues launched a study on vascular health in people with chronic kidney disease, they expected to better understand a ...