More than 106,000 patients are currently on the national transplant waitlist in the U.S.; 86% of those people are in need of a kidney. Protecting donor kidneys is key when it comes to ensuring the ...

MEN are more likely than women to get sick and die from three common conditions, warn researchers – and are also less likely to get help for them. There’s been strong evidence in the ...

Compare Dialysis Centers examined CDC data and other sources to explore kidney disease risk factors and why the condition has ...

When Carthesa Hutson’s son, Chris, finally got around to getting his driver’s license he was almost 19. She remembers being ...

Discover how dehydration affects major organs, causing visible skin changes from dullness to premature aging, plus practical ...

After all the Black community has been through, it can be difficult to trust the nation’s healthcare system. But mistrust of organ donation doesn’t help our cause because people are dying. Nearly ...

Different from type 1 and type 2, type 5 diabetes, also known as 'Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young,' mostly affects ...

In a chilling twist, the prosecution’s star analyst testified that criminal acts don’t need a chemical push. The murder ...

Researchers from the University of Kentucky have taken a closer look at the relationship between obesity and kidney disease ...

The Ochsner Transplant Institute in New Orleans stands as a national leader in organ transplant surgery. Since 1984, ...

Why different organs age at different rates in your body, revealing how lifestyle, environment, and genetics shape your ...

Every week, Imran Ali* travels over 30 kilometres to a dialysis centre, a routine that has kept him alive for nearly three ...