More than half of people with advanced kidney disease develop cardiovascular problems. A new study finds that diseased kidneys release tiny particles that are toxic to the heart.

The disease leads to the progressive growth of fluid-filled cysts in the kidneys, often resulting in kidney failure and other ...

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The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) may surprise those unfamiliar with issues affecting these vital organs that ...

Scientists have uncovered why people with chronic kidney disease so often die from heart problems: damaged kidneys release ...

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This Rare Disease Day, observed on Feb. 28 worldwide, the American Kidney Fund is committed to improving the understanding of ...

A large UK study suggests the EAT-Lancet planetary health diet may lower chronic kidney disease risk. Here's what the research found, how the diet works, and why genes and environment also matter.

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Kidney disease can cause facial swelling, itchiness, and blisters. Symptoms can depend on the stage of kidney disease. Uremic leontiasis ossea is a rare and severe complication of advanced kidney ...

Mulago Hospital is conducting the fifth edition of kidney transplants and eight pairs are expected to be operated ...

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 ...