Our kidneys do a tremendous amount of work. Every day, they filter about 150 quarts of blood, cleaning it of waste, toxins and extra water. They regulate how much fluid is in the body and balance our ...
Scientists have uncovered why people with chronic kidney disease so often die from heart problems: damaged kidneys release ...
For years, doctors have watched patients with failing kidneys die not from kidney failure itself but from sudden heart attacks and heart failure. Now a cluster of studies is pointing to a specific ...
A fast-aging fish is giving scientists a rare, accelerated look at how kidneys grow old—and how a common drug may slow that ...
During his appearance on the Cadena SER podcast, the kidney specialist spoke about the minimum amount of water we should ...
Scientists developed a way to freeze a large mammal’s kidney, which could ease organ shortages in the future. First, they had to see if their method would work in a pig. By Gina Kolata On the last day ...