Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an umbrella term used to describe a longstanding disease or condition that causes the progressive loss of kidney (renal) function. Symptoms vary, depending on the stage ...

As a chronic condition, kidney failure is the final stage of chronic kidney disease. Medical professionals also refer to it as end stage renal disease (ESRD) or end stage kidney disease (ESKD).

Kidney failure due to chronic kidney disease (CKD) is evaluated in stages based on a blood test called the EGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate), though other tests are typically needed, too.

Potassium is a mineral needed for vital bodily functions. But people with kidney disease may need to know which high potassium foods to avoid. Here we discuss how to create such a diet.

Tasian, a pediatric urologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia who has conducted research on kidney stones in children. Tasian said the disease affects adults and children in similar ways ...

The pair had helped identify a still-unnamed disease, which they had tied to a particular gene and to a particular somatic mutation—a genetic change that had not been passed down from a parent ...

In early December, international alarm bells went off because of a mysterious disease circulating in a remote part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and ...

What is a 5-year relative survival rate? A relative survival rate compares people with the same type and stage of kidney cancer to people in the overall population. For example, if the 5-year relative ...

Here's what you... Keeping Your Kidneys Healthy: 5 Ways to Prevent Kidney Disease According to the National Kidney Foundation, 33% of adults in the U.S. are at risk for developing kidney disease.

Our kidney treatment services see patients with all types of kidney disease and hypertension. Our treatments include plasma therapy—also known as plasmapheresis. This clinic involves evaluation and ...