Kidney failure affects millions worldwide, and the number keeps rising. Each year, the global population of patients with end ...

“I was able to stay on the prednisone, but not without ... kidney failure often get dialysis while they’re waiting for a kidney transplant or if a kidney transplant isn’t a treatment option ...

A research team has developed a compact peritoneal dialysis device that can be utilized as a portable artificial kidney. This ...

Dialysis treatment is extremely burdensome ... seeing a kidney specialist?" But even without the benefit of direct experience, the possibility of kidney failure may motivate patients to follow ...

Evan Zuiderveen was a typical 22-year-old enjoying life until an alarming change hit him in October 2023, being diagnosed ...

A Venezuelan man who came to the US to donate a kidney to his brother learned this week he’d be deported, but days later, he ...

For patients with polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a common genetic disorder that ravages the waste-removing organ with cysts ...

Young adults with kidney disease have a high risk of transitioning from peritoneal dialysis to hemodialysis due to infections, nonadherence to treatment schedule and mechanical issues, data show.