The Dangers of Dieting With Kidney Disease
Call it a double-edged sword of obesity: You’re overweight and develop kidney disease, then diet, but do even more damage. That’s the finding of a new study that analyzed the nutritional and lifestyle...
View ArticleKidney Donation Just Got Safer
Donating a kidney just got even safer. New requirements — in effect as of Feb. 1, 2013 — further protect people who are willing to be living kidney donors. Concerns about what happens to donors after...
View ArticleThe Amazing History of Kidney Treatment (Slideshow)
What has shaped our knowledge of kidney health and helped researchers find effective ways to manage chronic kidney disease? Innovation can be quirky — like the experimental use of a washing machine as...
View ArticleKidney Breakthroughs: A Visual History (Infographic)
Explore the breakthroughs that have shaped our knowledge of kidneys — including transplantation and the work of researchers to find effective ways to manage kidney donation. This timeline looks back on...
View ArticleObesity Increases Your Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease
We all know that carrying around extra body fat isn’t good for us. But you may not realize that losing weight can help prevent kidney disease in otherwise-healthy people. Trimming down might also slow...
View ArticleKidney Transplant: Life-Changing Care for Chronic Disease
Your kidneys are extraordinary organs. Each is no bigger than a clenched fist, but they purify your body’s entire 1.5-gallon blood supply multiple times a day, straining it through hundreds of...
View ArticleIf You’re in Pain With Kidney Stones, it Must Be Summer
Summer may have just officially started, but kidney stone season began a couple of weeks ago. Many doctors see an increase in kidney stone cases when the weather warms up. Kidney stones are solid,...
View ArticleDoctors Bust Your Most Common Robotic Surgery Myths
When patients hear they should have robotic surgery for urological or colorectal problems, some experience a fear of machines, others mistakenly think nothing can go wrong, and a few even believe —...
View ArticleAre You Waiting for a Kidney Transplant? Living Donors Bring Hope
If you’re waiting for a kidney transplant, you already know about the daunting stats: 100,000 patients on the wait list and a three- to five-year wait, on average, for a kidney from a deceased donor....
View ArticleIs DIY Dialysis for You? Explore Hemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis
Even though the great majority of kidney patients choose to visit a dialysis center three days a week for dialysis, more doctors today are recommending home dialysis for eligible patients. If you are...
View ArticleWhy Do More People Get Kidney Stones in the Summer?
Summer may have just officially started, but kidney stone season began a couple of weeks ago. Doctors see an increase in kidney stone cases when the weather warms up. Kidney stones are solid, often...
View ArticleWhy UTIs Happen Differently in Men and Women
When you gotta go, you gotta go. But if you need to go all the time — and it kind of burns when you do — it may be a urinary tract infection (UTI). But are women or men more likely to develop UTIs?...
View ArticleRenal Aneurysms: When Should You Have Yours Repaired?
If you have a renal artery aneurysm — or a bulging, weakened area in the wall of an artery to your kidney — it could go unnoticed for some time. Renal artery aneurysms (RAAs) are rare (they occur in...
View ArticleWhat To Eat (and Avoid) When Living With IgA Nephropathy or C3G
There’s a lot of advice out there about what we should and shouldn’t be eating. There are diets for heart health. Diets combatting inflammation. Diets for weight loss, for mindfulness, for carnivores...
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