A research team has developed a compact peritoneal dialysis device that can be utilized as a portable artificial kidney. This ...

For a disease afflicting 35.5 million people in the U.S., chronic kidney disease flies under the radar. Only half the people ...

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) affects approximately 15% of U.S. adults and as many as 9 in 10 with CKD are unaware they have ...

In Virginia, health statistics show more than 20,000 people depend on dialysis and just a few thousand fewer have had kidney ...

Previous research has found that immigrants have lower rates of heart disease, diabetes, dementia and other chronic health ...

Anyone who has diabetes, high blood pressure, heart problems or has a family history of the disease is at increased risk for ...

Up to 30% of acute kidney injury (AKI) survivors require dialysis and personalized care after discharge from the hospital.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — A New Bedford teen is in need of a new kidney after he was diagnosed with stage five chronic kidney disease. Michael Blechar-Melancon said he ignored his symptoms for years ...

The following is a summary of “Kidney involvement in leptospirosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis,” published in the ...

In this video, Girish N. Nadkarni, MD, a professor of medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discusses the ways AI is currently being used in chronic kidney disease care.

CKD is responsible for chronic inflammation and oxidative stress and results in the build-up of uremic toxins, which ...