Nine out of 10 people with chronic kidney disease only find out when it progresses to later stages. Here’s what we know about its risk factors—and why there's new reason to hope for more effective ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michael Belchar-Melancon, 19, suffers from stage 5 kidney failure. How a previous WPRI 12 story helped him find his match.

Rates of the disease have been rising for decades, driven in part by diabetes and high blood pressure. By Nina Agrawal The number of adults with chronic kidney disease is growing, according to a study ...

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