A mandatory CMS pay-for-performance model aimed at boosting home dialysis and kidney transplant rates showed no meaningful ...

Awareness Day, a day established by the American Kidney Fund (AKF) to encourage others to be “APOL1 Aware” by educating ...

Chronic kidney disease is far more common than most people realize — and up to 90% of people don’t know they have it. The ...

With several new therapies, extensive research and critical trials underway, nephrology is in a “golden age,” according to ...

At the FSED meeting, investigators highlight SGLT2 inhibitors, finerenone, and GLP-1 or GIP agents as promising strategies to ...

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 ...

Penn researchers are developing a blood test to predict kidney disease risk in Black Americans, who face disproportionately ...

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 ...

A car wash fundraiser will be held next month in Ansonia to support the firefighter.

Traci Townsend is celebrating a major milestone almost a year after she receive both a heart and kidney transplant from the same donor.

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 ...