Kidneys: tiny, bean-shaped powerhouses that don't get enough credit. These organs quietly filter all your blood multiple times a day, managing waste, fluids, and electrolytes, and helping regulate ...

In patients with chronic kidney disease, the loss of podocytes—part of the kidney's glomerular filtration barrier—causes irreversible disease progression. So far, physicians and researchers have found ...

On World Kidney Day, health experts are addressing a common question that often circulates on social media: can drinking more water cure kidney disease? Many people believe that increasing water ...

A fasting-mimicking diet (FMD) restored kidney function in a rodent model and promoted renoprotection in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) by reducing proteinuria and improving endothelial ...

Kidney function—the capacity of the kidneys to filter the blood—maintains homeostasis of water, electrolytes, pH and metabolic waste in vertebrates 1. Chronic kidney disease, defined by persistent ...

For many people living with diabetes or high blood pressure, kidney disease doesn't arrive with a dramatic warning. It often ...

A mismatch between two common tests for kidney function may indicate a higher risk for kidney failure, heart disease, and death, a new study shows. Health care providers for decades have measured ...

The host-microbiota co-metabolite trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) is linked to increased cardiovascular risk but how its circulating levels are regulated remains unclear. We applied “explainable” ...

Alcohol is a toxic substance that can damage the body’s organs and tissues. There are mixed conclusions about whether or not alcohol causes kidney failure specifically. Some sources state that ...

Vascular calcification, mineral deposits on blood vessel walls, are common in chronic kidney disease patients. Researchers say small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) —small, enclosed structures outside ...