For ages, Aloe vera has been celebrated for its myriad health advantages. This versatile plant is a powerhouse for skin and ...

Your nails can reveal hidden health clues, from vitamin deficiencies indicated by dark lines or white spots, to potential ...

Dear Dr. Fritz, Please call me Joe M. I have heard that antihypertensive drugs can cause kidney stones. How true is this? And what antihypertensive drugs could ...

Acute kidney injury is more than a short term health crisis—it’s a long term disease. As we learn more about AKI we have more opportunity to intervene early, personalize care and protect long ...

Polycystic kidney disease: new horizons and therapeutic frontiers. Minerva urologica e nefrologica = The Italian journal of urology and nephrology, 65 (1), 61–68. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ...

Diabetic kidney disease is chronic kidney disease that occurs as a complication of diabetes. Learn about its signs and symptoms and how it’s diagnosed and treated.

In the test in March, the kidney had remained frozen for 10 days and was to be transplanted back into the pig from which it had been taken. At 3 a.m. the team started thawing the kidney, a process ...

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig ...

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City had to remove a genetically modified pig kidney from Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., because her body rejected the organ. She's back on dialysis.

Organ transplants End Kidney Deaths Act Reintroduced in Congress While not as good as full legalization of organ markets, the act could save lives by giving kidney donors a $50,000 tax credit.

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 ...

Too often, patients with chronic kidney disease get diagnosed too late – if at all. Addressing risk factors early can stave off the disease’s worst effects.