Sometimes, the legs carry more than just weight: They carry quiet signals from deep within the body. One such silent communicator is the kidney. Though it sits far from the feet, when it starts to ...

Here’s the catch: kidney damage doesn’t usually scream for attention in the early stages. It creeps up silently, showing subtle signs only when things have already taken a turn for the worse.

Stage 1: In this stage, you have mild kidney damage with normal kidney function. Your kidneys have lost about 10% of their function. Stage 2: In this stage, you still have only mild kidney damage, but ...

More than 550,000 Americans have kidney failure and require dialysis, and about 100,000 of them are on a waiting list to receive a kidney. But there is an acute need for human organs, and fewer ...

Too often, patients with chronic kidney disease get diagnosed too late – if at all. Addressing risk factors early can stave off the disease’s worst effects.

Targeted therapy for kidney cancer. This therapy uses drugs or other substances to find and target cancer cells with less toxicity to normal cells. Anti-angiogenic agents.

Your health care provider can also see how well blood is flowing in your kidneys. A kidney scan is also called a renal scan or renal scintigraphy. A kidney scan is a type of nuclear imaging test. This ...

Another patient has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney. Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old who lives in Concord, N.H., has end-stage kidney disease and had been on dialysis for ...

The F.D.A. based its decision to expand the approved uses of Ozempic on research showing that people with Type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease who took the drug had a 24 percent lower ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is marked by the gradual loss of kidney function, which means the kidneys cannot filter waste and regulate water and acid in the blood as well as they should. Early in the ...

You only need one functioning kidney to live an active, healthy life. But it's important to protect it. Learn more about living with one kidney.

Kidney disease is the gradual loss of kidney function over time that can lead to renal failure. Find out more about symptoms, causes, and treatment. Jessica Migala has been a health, fitness, and ...