Be aware of potential kidney disease indicators. Swelling, fatigue, changes in urination, persistent itching, breathlessness, and metallic taste are key signs. Early detection is crucial.

There’s growing concern about how unchecked uric acid levels might quietly hurt kidney health over time. It’s important to look beyond the myths and understand what’s really happening inside ...

About 37 million Americans suffer from kidney disease, and more than 800,000 live with kidney failure. At this advanced stage, patients either receive a kidney transplant or remain on dialysis ...

Towana Looney lived with the kidney longer than any other transplant patient had tolerated an organ from a genetically modified animal. By Roni Caryn Rabin Surgeons removed a genetically ...

On Tuesday, GOP Rep. Nicole Malliotakis and Democratic Rep. Josh Harder reintroduced the End Kidney Deaths Act. This law would give kidney donors who donate kidneys to strangers a $50,000 "fully ...

The 'DWTS' pro said he went to the hospital due to the painful kidney stone Val Chmerkovskiy/Instagram Val Chmerkovskiy revealed he passed a kidney stone while on his flight home from Spain The DW ...

LAFAYETTE PARISH — As the nation marks National Donate Life Month this April, the National Kidney Foundation of Louisiana is sounding the alarm on a growing, silent epidemic: kidney disease and ...

Oral infections are more likely to occur in people with chronic kidney disease and are more likely to become a significant problem. Proper dental care also benefits people on dialysis or those ...

You can reach Jason on Signal at JasonMast.05. Novartis said Wednesday it would buy Regulus Therapeutics and its experimental kidney drug for $800 million upfront. The immediate payout is more ...

DEAR ABBY: My niece “Alyssa,” an only child, is on the kidney transplant list. When I had my DNA tested, I learned that my brother had fathered another child. The information and facts this ...

Towana Looney's transplanted pig kidney was removed after 130 days due to rejection. This was the longest a human had survived with a pig kidney transplant. She has returned to dialysis and awaits ...

At any given time, about 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting to become kidney transplant recipients. Roughly one-fifth of those get a new kidney each year, but others die while waiting.