Exposure to high temperatures was associated with greater chronic kidney disease prevalence and end-stage kidney disease incidence, particularly for high-poverty and nonmetropolitan areas, according ...

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) has become a growing challenge. A top doctor shared some of its main causes, ways to prevent it from becoming serious, and how to manage it through diet and early medical ...

IgA nephropathy, an immune assault on the kidneys, is often missed. New treatments mean that spotting it sooner might save lives ...

Care innovations have allowed many more people with kidney disease to become parents. But pregnancy still carries risks ...

Tuberculosis is usually discussed as a disease of the lungs. Cough, fever, weight loss and weakness are the symptoms most people recognise.But doctors.

One in 10 people have some form of kidney disease, driven largely by diabetes, high blood pressure, and over-the-counter painkillers. The disease is a silent killer, but it is preventable.

In 2021, researchers finally acknowledged a glaring racial bias against Black medical patients undergoing kidney-related treatment. Since then, an effort to reverse the harm caused by the race-based ...

A national policy change that ended the use of a race-based test has resulted in shorter waiting times for Black patients who need a kidney transplant, according to a study published in JAMA Internal ...

Among the more than 21,000 Black kidney transplant candidates who received adjustments, the median increase was 1.7 years.

Objectives This study aimed to investigate the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of patients with urinary calculi in China, where prior KAP research on this condition is lacking. Design A cross ...

After the U.S. transplant system ended use of the race-based test, it ordered hospitals to determine which Black patients on ...