Long-term hypertension caused by worsening renal artery stenosis can cause kidney failure. The use of medications to relax ...

When your kidneys can no longer function properly, renal replacement therapy (RRT) becomes a lifesaving option. Whether ...

A research team from the Medical University of Vienna has investigated structural changes in kidneys of patients with ...

Kidney cancer-- also called renal cell cancer-- is a disease in which kidney cells become malignant (cancerous) and grow out of control, forming a tumor. Almost all kidney cancers first appear in ...

The next stage, end stage renal failure, typically requires treatment, such as dialysis or kidney transplantation ... and narrow the kidneys’ veins and arteries. This can reduce their filtering ...

The hypertensive index may predict the likelihood of kidney function improvement following renal revascularization for renal artery stenosis. The hypertensive index may distinguish which patients with ...

Rebecca P. Winsett, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis. Judy C. Martin, PhD, APRN, Associate Professor, College of ...

March is known for many things and among the madness that it always brings, it’s known for National Kidney Awareness Month.  Somewhere around 30 million Americans have various kidney diseases and ...

Blood is transported to the kidney through the renal artery. The blood is filtered at a high pressure and the kidney selectively reabsorbs any useful materials such as glucose, salt ions and water.

now demonstrate an inverse association between the presence of severe atherosclerotic lesions in main coronary arteries and pre mortem kidney function ... with decreasing renal function in ...

Renal autotransplant is a type of surgery that helps patients manage severe, long-lasting kidney pain. During the procedure, transplant surgeons remove the kidney that's causing pain and implant—or ...