Millions of people have or are at risk chronic kidney disease (CKD) but don’t know it. Because kidney disease is usually silent until very late in the process, the ... Read More

Michael Ferracci of Harrington, Delaware has known his share of bad luck but that has all changed. After being diagnosed with kidney failure and starting dialysis a couple years ... Read More

The kidneys are responsible for making a hormone called erythropoetin, which tells your body to make red blood cells. Red blood cells carry oxygen from your lungs to the ... Read More

According to an article recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, contamination of wheat with aristolochic acid - a plant toxin - may be the cause ... Read More

A paired kidney donation is becoming increasing popular as a way to overcome an incompatibility between a kidney donor and a transplant recipient. It usually involves finding two couples ... Read More

Every year, the U.S. News and World Report ranks "the best hospitals" for kidney diseases using a number of factors, such as reputation, mortality rates, and other care-related factors. According ... Read More

Most people with kidney disease do not have symptoms and so they do not realize that they have something wrong with their kidneys. However, when someone does have symptoms, ... Read More

Last month, the Dutch government reported that there was a spike in the registration of organ donor registration following a fake television game show involving a kidney donation. Normally, ... Read More

Researchers from the Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center recently published an article in the Journal of Clinical Oncology suggesting that combining interferon alpha and Nexavar® (Sorafenib) was more effective than ... Read More

Ever since a New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) article was published in 2006 describing the incredibly high rate of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) skin infections in the general population, ... Read More

The body is made up of trillions of individual cells that need adequate nutrition, removal of waste products, and a stable internal environment in order to function properly. Your kidneys ... Read More

Researchers from the University of Alabama recently published data in the Journal of American Society of Nephrology suggesting that a combination of enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) plus two types of ... Read More