For more than 3 million people around the world, kidney failure is a life-altering diagnosis, if not a life-threatening one. While about 17 percent of people in the U.S. with end-stage kidney disease ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A team from the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) has discovered a novel link between ...

There just aren't enough kidney transplants available for the millions of people with renal failure. Aside from a transplant, the only alternative for patients is to undergo regular dialysis sessions ...

TUESDAY, Dec. 26, 2017 -- Kidney disease increases the risk for diabetes, a new study finds. Medical experts already knew that the reverse is true -- that diabetes increases the risk for kidney ...

Azotemia is a common health condition among older adults and people who are in the hospital. Around 8% to 16% of hospital admissions are due to azotemia. This condition occurs when your kidneys have ...

Richard Stacewicz knows how much dialysis alters a person’s life. He first underwent the procedure after his kidneys inexplicably failed in 1982, cutting short a motorcycle trip through the ...

If you are well hydrated and healthy, your urine will likely appear clear to straw-coloured, meaning it is mostly water (but ...

A type of two-dimensional layered material has emerged as a candidate to assist in replacing the body's waste filtration system in wearable kidneys. For more than 3 million people around the world, ...