Kidneys: tiny, bean-shaped powerhouses that don't get enough credit. These organs quietly filter all your blood multiple times a day, managing waste, fluids, and electrolytes, and helping regulate ...

The human body can survive weeks without food, but only days without water. Yet millions of people walk around in a state of chronic dehydration, completely unaware that their kidneys are slowly ...

Research shows semaglutide — commonly sold as Ozempic or Wegovy — can improve kidney function and survival rates for people with some chronic diseases, even if they have heart issues.

Chronic kidney disease, also known as CKD, is becoming one of the world’s fastest-growing health problems. Millions of people ...

Protein in the urine, also referred to as proteinuria, is a condition that is often detected during a routine urine test. Although this might sound alarming, not every case is an indication of ...

Adults with prediabetes were more than twice as likely as those with normal glucose levels to experience a faster decline in kidney function over time, according to new data from a long-term ...

A mismatch between two common tests for kidney function may indicate a higher risk for kidney failure, heart disease, and death, a new study shows. Health care providers for decades have measured ...

An international research collaboration led by Queen Mary University of London and University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa has published the most comprehensive genomic investigation of ...

Kidney disease often creeps in silently, and many patients aren’t diagnosed until major damage is already done. New research shows that even “normal” kidney test results can signal danger if they’re ...

The drug tirzepatide improved kidney function and cardiovascular outcomes among patients with obesity and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) compared with placebo at one year, ...

Hypertension represents a key risk factor for mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD). This study evaluated associations of ambulatory blood pressure (BP) with total and cardiovascular mortality in ...

The drug finerenone significantly slows the decline in kidney function in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who do not have diabetes. This is shown by an international study led by clinical ...