Research teams from Augusta University, Massachusetts General Hospital and The Ohio State University will lead a $15 million project dedicated to studying the various ways that risk factors for ...

Covenant Health, with Texas Tech Physicians, are offering the only kidney transplant surgery program in the region. The first has already proven successful.

An analysis of an interdisciplinary care model for managing chronic kidney disease (CKD) shows hospital admissions dropped by 26% and emergency department (ED) visits decreased by 30% after clinic ...

Doctors in this southern Indian city have successfully saved the kidneys of a 52-year-old woman through a complex 9.5-hour laparoscopic surgery — a rare medical feat, a leading urologist said on ...

Doctor says this common painkiller habit is ruining kidney health across India. Here are 9 kidney myths to stop believing as they can be dangerous.

A team of researchers at UM have developed an innovative new tool that could transform how kidney disease is detected—especially in under-served and remote communities.

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When chronic kidney disease (CKD) develops, these vital functions begin to falter—often without obvious symptoms until significant damage has occurred. An alarming 37 million American adults are ...

Friends and family might sign your cast when you break your arm, but Nellie Zygiel had friends and family sign her kidney-shaped pillow. The pillow holds great meaning for Zygiel, who at age 21 ...

Researchers from Peking University have launched the Kidney Imageomics Project to develop a "digital kidney" — a comprehensive digital atlas of the organ — using multi-modal imaging technology and ...

In its immediate release form, tramadol can be used in individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD) or end stage renal disease (ESRD). However, extended release dosing for tramadol is not ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an umbrella term used to describe a longstanding disease or condition that causes the progressive loss of kidney (renal) function. Symptoms vary, depending on the stage ...