Heart, kidney and metabolic health are closely connected. Know the warning signs, causes, risk factors and latest expert ...

For decades, medical science has treated heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and chronic kidney disease as separate, isolated ...

World Kidney Cancer Day 2026 highlights the emotional challenges patients face alongside diagnosis and treatment.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common, largely silent and serious. Most people who have the condition do not realize they ...

Acute kidney injury (AKI), previously called acute renal failure, is when the kidneys are suddenly unable to filter waste products from the blood. This condition can develop slowly or quickly, and ...

Kidney cancer is a disease where cancer cells begin to develop abnormally in the kidneys. As cancer cells grow rapidly, they can form a tumor, and eventually, the cancer can spread to other parts of ...

Kidney disease doesn't typically get as much attention as the other health conditions (think: breast cancer or adult depression). But recently, it's making headlines at the Olympics, as gymnast Sunisa ...

If you’ve ever had a kidney stone, you know how painful and debilitating it can be. A sharp, stabbing pain in your lower abdomen. A dull ache spreading from your lower back to your groin. Intense ...

For over a decade, Ruth has written for multiple outlets providing patient education, including Health. She has written for health student education companies, collaborating on an anatomy textbook ...

Dr. Emre Yekedüz discusses how ASCO 2025 highlights precision medicine, biomarkers and the gut microbiome as keys to advancing kidney cancer care. At the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting, Dr. Emre Yekedüz, a ...

Kidney Transplant: What happens to a patient's old, damaged kidney? This is the question that most people wonder about. Let's explain what happens to the old kidney. Kidney Transplant Information: ...