A cystatin C–based blood test may provide a more reliable way to monitor kidney function in children and young adults with SCD, a study found.

Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is urged to include a laboratory test that detects early signs of kidney disease in its ongoing Yaman ng Kalusugan Program (YAKAP) to curb the ...

Kidney stones are not just a painful one-time event but often signal deeper health imbalances. Experts warn they frequently recur, with a 50% chance within five years. Dehydration, high-salt diets, ...

Kidney function tests in the normal range can still signal risk if low for age and sex A Swedish study analyzed over 1.1 million adults using age- and sex-specific eGFR charts Adults below the 25th ...

It’s probably the most difficult question Greg Mackay has ever asked in his life. Would you be willing to donate one of your ...

Many patients followed health routines that missed early signs of Chronic Kidney Disease Our expert examined its different ...

Jamie would love to meet the person who has his kidney.

A 56-year-old man with liver failure has become the first living person to be surgically connected to a genetically modified ...

Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there ...

Approximately one in seven adults in the United States has kidney disease, where the organs responsible for filtering waste ...

The current kidney care model—focused on late-stage disease and in-center hemodialysis—is unsustainable, because of costs, environmental burden, poor outcomes, and reduced quality of life.