Sofia Tsanou and Michaela Smith founded a charity and support group for kidney patients.

"On Saturday, July 11, I received a call from Mass General that changed my life forever." ...

When a patient is diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), the most natural question to ask is whether the damage can be ...

Chronic kidney disease affects millions of Americans, and more than 800,000 people in the United States are living with ...

Kidney failure refers to when a person’s kidney function drops significantly. Sudden kidney failure is acute kidney injury (AKI) and can cause death in extreme cases. Healthy kidneys filter waste and ...

The women have undergone 32 rounds of dialysis in the past 68 days. Five other women, at NMCH and JK Lone Hospital, died from ...

Kidney failure, also known as end-stage renal disease (ESRD), occurs when kidneys lose their ability to filter waste and excess fluids from the blood effectively. This serious condition affects ...

The FDA approved a new medicine from the biotech company Vera Therapeutics for patients with a type of chronic autoimmune ...

Confusion is one of many possible renal failure symptoms. It may occur due to the way kidney disease develops, the mental health implications of the disease, and the side effects of treatments. People ...

The Ebola outbreak could halt a pioneering UK-backed kidney transplant programme that made the operation available in Uganda ...

Both FSGS histology and nonresponse to rituximab conferred inferior kidney survival. Kidney survival in children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS), particularly those with focal ...

Kidney disease can cause facial swelling, itchiness, and blisters. Symptoms can depend on the stage of kidney disease. Uremic leontiasis ossea is a rare and severe complication of advanced kidney ...