Acute kidney failure, now known as acute kidney injury (AKI), occurs when your kidneys suddenly lose their ability to filter waste products from your blood. This rapid decline in kidney function can ...

The rise in chronic kidney disease locally mirrors a global trend that experts say is caused by increasing occurrence of ...

Around one in seven adults in the United States have chronic kidney disease (CKD), a condition in which the kidneys become damaged and can’t work as efficiently. This allows waste products to build up ...

Research confirms that adding these specific low-potassium fruits to your diet can lower kidney disease risk by up to 8% ...

Acute kidney injury (AKI), previously called acute renal failure, is when the kidneys are suddenly unable to filter waste products from the blood. This condition can develop slowly or quickly, and ...

Kidney disease can progress silently, making early detection crucial. Warning signs include constant fatigue due to toxin ...

Scarring is a key feature of chronic kidney disease. Now, University of Connecticut researchers report in Kidney ...

Study of lupus nephritis patients also finds link between baseline platelet counts and ESRD. WASHINGTON, D.C.—The best predictor of outcome in patients with lupus nephritis is kidney function at the ...

In adults with stage IIIb–IV chronic kidney disease, the constipation drug lubiprostone did not reduce gut-derived uremic ...

Scientists have made a remarkable breakthrough in kidney research. In a paper published in the journal Communications Biology, a team of researchers at Kyoto University led by Ramin Sadeghian present ...