Chronic kidney disease is far more common than most people realize — and up to 90% of people don’t know they have it. The ...
Kidney disease is greatly underdiagnosed and undertreated in the United States, but recent initiatives aim to change that, ...
Kidney failure refers to when a person’s kidney function drops significantly. Sudden kidney failure is acute kidney injury (AKI) and can cause death in extreme cases. Healthy kidneys filter waste and ...
Penn researchers are developing a blood test to predict kidney disease risk in Black Americans, who face disproportionately ...
Awareness Day, a day established by the American Kidney Fund (AKF) to encourage others to be “APOL1 Aware” by educating ...
In the current study, investigators aimed to assess longitudinal trends in kidney disease-related deaths and temperature in the US. They analyzed data from the 2010-2020 US Centers for Disease Control ...
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 ...