SELECT was a large study focused on obesity and cardiovascular disease in people without type 2 diabetes, but it included kidney outcomes as a secondary end point. The data showed that semaglutide ...

Most of us don’t think twice about how much water we drink in a day. Maybe a few glasses here and there, some tea or coffee, and it feels like enough. But the truth is, our kidneys are quietly ...

I had a little bit of kidney problems earlier, but it was a little bit. But when I got COVID, it took it over the top,” ...

Kidney damage can sneak up on people without symptoms. A new diagnosis can mean major limits on how a person lives ...

Rajanique Austin is balancing work with doctor appointments, treatment and medical bills.

“Normally, the kidney has no bone, no muscles. If you’ve got a kidney inside the kidney, you only find blood in urine, and ...

Kidney stones are the most common urinary tract condition globally, and calcium oxalate stones are the most prevalent type. Calcium oxalate forms when calcium combines with oxalate in the urine and ...

MDI Bio Lab scientists discovered how zebrafish solve a basic challenge in regenerative biology—insights in their newest publication in the journal Development could one day guide human repair.

A Utah man was inspired to donate a kidney after watching his wife give one to her mother. David Garey, just 24 years old, donated to an anonymous recipient through the paired kidney exchange program ...

A grandfather from Aberdeen has described how he decided to donate a kidney to a stranger in need of help. "We have two - we only need one," he said. Ian Rodger, from Aberdeen, said he was inspired to ...

"It's bigger than I thought," says John Dyson as he watches the moment his sister-in-law's kidney is lifted out of her body to eventually be given to him. "It's a brilliant kidney," replies Lorna ...

A desert community lives on a diet of blood and meat that would make most people sick.