Often overlooked, our kidneys play an important role in filtering out waste and removing toxins from our body. And so, it is ...

Cardiac structure and function significantly correlated with risk of kidney failure with replacement therapy, according to data published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.“Heart ...

Karela juice, a traditional remedy, offers potential benefits like blood sugar control and antioxidant properties. Research suggests it may protect ag ...

Your kidneys are the small but mighty organs that cleanse your body of waste and keep you alive. They weigh in at only about 10 to 12 ounces each, but each day they filter about 150 quarts of ...

Given the increasing prevalence of kidney diseases, researchers postulate that increasing caffeine consumption has adverse effects on kidney structure and function. However, the exact effects of ...

Abnormalities in left ventricular structure but not function precede the onset of clinical heart failure (HF) in individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD), say researchers of a new study ...

A loss of salt and body fluid can stimulate kidney regeneration and repair in mice, according to a USC Stem Cell study. This innate regenerative response relies on a small population of ...

In several types of kidney disease, podocytes shrink and lose their structure, which enlarges the filtering slits, allowing protein molecules into the urine.

Select contaminants within the phthalate class may be linked to more rapid deterioration in kidney function, researchers from New York University found in a recently published study. “Human ...