A team of geneticists from Rutgers University has made a discovery that could lead to new therapies for polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a common genetic disorder affecting over 12.4 million people ...

Before receiving a kidney transplant, patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease often undergo a nephrectomy. But there hasn’t been clear guidance on who’s a good candidate ...

Oral infections are more likely to occur in people with chronic kidney disease and are more likely to become a significant problem. Proper dental care also benefits people on dialysis or those ...

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a genetic disorder whereby a large number of cysts develop primarily within the kidneys, but also in other organs. PKD can be autosomal dominant (one mutated ...

Chicago: For a disease afflicting 35.5 million people in the US, chronic kidney disease flies under the radar. Only half the people who have it are formally diagnosed. The consequences of advanced ...

Globally, the rate of death from chronic kidney disease increased 24% from 1990 to 2021, according to statistics published by the American Heart Association. The rise in kidney disease rates is a ...

Blood in your urine? Puffy Eeyes? Don’t ignore these 8 kidney disease red flags!(Image by Shutterstock) According to a research, early identification and management of chronic kidney disease ...

Hyperglycemia, or high blood sugar, is a significant risk factor for kidney damage in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, as are high blood pressure and obesity. While there isn’t a cure for ...

New UCLA research conducted using mouse models and human genetic data has uncovered a critical factor that determines how much scarring occurs following kidney injury, leading scientists to identify a ...

And my body's held up well. I have a hawk here watching my every move.” Justin, 50, has polycystic kidney disease (PKD), an inherited disease in which “clusters of cysts grow in the body ...

For the African American community, this oversight can be particularly dangerous regarding two serious health conditions: kidney disease and endometriosis. Both conditions disproportionately ...

The 45-year-old knows it could literally be a matter of life or death. Kortes, who has polycystic kidney disease, is searching for a living kidney donor. He was first diagnosed with the hereditary ...