When you experience issues with your kidneys, you might think they would cause obvious warning signs. After all, kidneys are among the most important organs in the body, carrying out crucial ...

The kidneys are vital organs responsible for filtering waste, balancing fluids, and regulating blood pressure. When kidney function declines, the body often sends out early warning signs, not always ...

Dozens of doctors and nurses silently lined the hospital hallway in tribute: For a history-making two months, a pig’s kidney worked normally inside the brain-dead man on the gurney rolling past them.

Scientists call some of these organs and body parts “leftovers” from evolution. You don't need some body parts to survive [YouTube] We’ve all got organs that work tirelessly to keep us alive, and ...

Doctors in New York have managed to keep a brain-dead man in a state of sort of suspended animation for more than a month after removing his kidneys and replacing them with one from a pig. A ...

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) do not appear to worsen kidney function compared with the histamine 2 receptor blocker ranitidine based on two measures, a large cohort study from Spain finds. In fact, ...

Q: Each year when I receive results from my yearly blood work I notice that my GFR score keeps going down. This year is the first year that my score dropped below 60, with a score of 57. I am 66 years ...

Understanding the genetic variations associated with chronic kidney disease represents an important step for drug development. Now, and in what they claim is one of the most comprehensive genome-wide ...

Treatment reversed tremors, ataxia, anxiety-like behavior, liver and kidney pathology damage, reduced copper accumulation, normalized ALT, AST, and bilirubin levels, and improved survival. Building on ...

Medical research has already documented a link between cardiovascular disease and periodontal disease, or serious gum infection. Now researchers say preliminary studies suggest a connection between ...