Acute kidney injury can happen suddenly and cause serious symptoms like swelling and fatigue. You can get early diagnosis and treatment to prevent complications, including permanent kidney damage. Eat ...

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 ...

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

Around one in seven adults in the United States have chronic kidney disease (CKD), a condition in which the kidneys become damaged and can’t work as efficiently. This allows waste products to build up ...

Study of lupus nephritis patients also finds link between baseline platelet counts and ESRD. WASHINGTON, D.C.—The best predictor of outcome in patients with lupus nephritis is kidney function at the ...

In this Ask The Professor Q&A, David St-Jules, a registered dietitian and assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition, and Dr. John Westhoff, associate professor in the School of Medicine and ...

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

Kidneys work all day quietly. When kidneys struggle, toxins stay longer in the body and affect overall health. As per a report published by WHO, approximately 674 million people live with chronic ...

Scientists have made a remarkable breakthrough in kidney research. In a paper published in the journal Communications Biology, a team of researchers at Kyoto University led by Ramin Sadeghian present ...