Medications and extra fluid infusions can help protect your kidneys from damage during chemotherapy. More than one million people receive chemotherapy or radiation treatments for their cancer each ...

Kidneys are also important in maintaining the health of the body. These organs are bean shaped, and they are used to filter waste and unwanted liquids in the blood, maintaining electrolytes, blood ...

That vitamin bottle on your kitchen counter promising improved energy, stronger immunity, or enhanced performance might hide an uncomfortable truth – many popular supplements can damage your kidneys ...

An image of a mouse kidney glomerulus taken on a fluorescence microscope showing cell nuclei in blue, the PIEZO2 gene in magenta, and the renin gene in green. Each dot represents a single mRNA ...

Semaglutide drug use were linked to better kidney health in people with obesity and established heart disease in a new study. Image credit: Iuliia Burmistrova/Getty Images. Now, research recently ...

Blood test reports often feel like a maze of unfamiliar terms. But, two markers hold a lot of meaning: uric acid and ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a condition that quietly develops over time, often without obvious symptoms in its early stages. The kidneys, which work tirelessly to filter waste and maintain balance ...

Jacqueline Garonzik Wang, M.D. As kidney transplant wait times continue to grow nationwide, the University of Alabama at ...