Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that even slight abnormalities in kidney function—within the normal ...

Four distinct factors—malnutrition, inflammation, acidosis, and hyperkalemia—were recently assessed in more than 1500 patients with community-acquired AKI. Among these patients with mild-to-moderate ...

Rhabdomyolysis is a condition in which muscle damage—often caused by drug intake—can lead to impaired kidney function and acute kidney failure. However, there have been limitations in directly ...

Acute kidney injury, or AKI, is a dangerous condition that affects many people in hospitals, especially those in intensive ...

Scientists have uncovered why people with chronic kidney disease so often die from heart problems: damaged kidneys release ...

Kidney failure has a significant impact on public health; about 750,000 Americans and 2 million people around the world are affected every year. People can be treated with dialysis or a transplant, ...

Sodium reduction and appropriate protein intake are central nutrition strategies for slowing kidney stress and supporting ...

A Long Island teenager who has battled kidney disease since birth is now urgently searching for a living kidney donor as his ...

Recently, my primary care physician spotted some abnormal numbers related to my kidney function. He suspects that this is ...