Medically reviewed by Femi Aremu, PharmD IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is a progressive kidney disease. Progression rate depends on ...

Scientists find how changes in bile acids linked to gut bacteria may signal advancing chronic kidney disease, pointing to a possible link between gut metabolism and kidney decline ...

New research shows diseased kidneys release toxic extracellular vesicles into the blood, damaging the heart and explaining ...

New normative data and a web-based kidney calculator help doctors detect kidney disease early by comparing eGFR scores to age ...

Your kidneys work around the clock to filter waste and keep your body balanced. But when you stay up late night after night, you might be putting these vital organs at risk. Late nights disrupt your ...

Scientists have uncovered why people with chronic kidney disease so often die from heart problems: damaged kidneys release ...

Exercising more frequently is associated with a significantly slower decline in measured glomerular filtration rate in a new ...

Pregnancy can have a big impact on a woman’s body. For Marrian Bell, 35, it affected her kidney function as she fought to ...

Subtle abnormalities in kidney function—even within the range considered normal—may help identify people at risk of ...

About one in eight women with gestational diabetes had evidence of kidney dysfunction at 5 months postpartum, according to ...

Scientists have discovered an answer to the longstanding mystery of why more than half of patients with chronic kidney ...

Recently, my primary care physician spotted some abnormal numbers related to my kidney function. He suspects that this is ...