Your kidneys help remove waste and fluid from your body. In some cases, high blood pressure or high blood sugar can damage the kidneys' ability to do their job. So if you're looking to start your day ...

A sweeping global study found that chronic kidney disease now affects nearly 800 million people and has become one of the world's leading causes of death. Often silent in its early stages, the ...

In a new study, researchers found low glomerular filtration rate and chronic histologic damage predicted eGFR loss in people ...

Objectives Lupus Low Disease Activity State (LLDAS) and Definition of Remission in SLE (DORIS) are associated with improved ...

More than 100,000 Americans are waiting for a kidney transplant, and most will wait years. A study published in May 2026 in npj Biomedical Innovations, a peer-reviewed Nature Portfolio journal, offers ...

A 50-year-old German woman with a renal tumor had minimally invasive surgery that removed the tumor while successfully managing to keep her kidney. — Dr. Dongming Liu, Chief Urologist at Shanghai ...

Chronic kidney disease, also called CKD, is a serious health condition that affects millions of people around the world. It ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) represents a global health issue with a high socioeconomic impact. Beyond a progressive decline of kidney function, patients with CKD are at increased risk of ...

Background The impact of early-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD) on cardiovascular outcomes, particularly when albuminuria is present, remains unclear. This study examined the associations between ...

Chronic kidney disease is a growing health problem around the world, yet it often develops silently. Many people do not feel unwell in the early stages, and routine blood tests may appear normal.

Preoperative MRI, specifically 9-b-value DWI and T1-mapping, helps predict if a patient will develop stage 3 CKD after partial or radical nephrectomy for kidney cancer. Preoperative multiparametric ...