Kidney disease is a major global health issue with implications for the lives of millions of people and for the cost of health care. Yet there is surprisingly little public awareness about the ...

In this Ask The Professor Q&A, David St-Jules, a registered dietitian and assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition, and Dr. John Westhoff, associate professor in the School of Medicine and ...

Your kidneys work tirelessly to filter waste, balance fluids, and keep your body running smoothly. But conditions like ...

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Kidney diseases develop slowly and may not produce any obvious symptoms for a long time. The body can compensate for them so ...

Plant-based diets are a hot topic in chronic illness management, but they are often misperceived as an eating pat-tern that ...

Internal medicine and rheumatology specialist Siobhan Deshauer, MD, does a deep dive on the signs of kidney disease. Following is a partial transcript of the video (note that errors are possible): ...

Scientists have been trying to solve the puzzle of the kidney-heart connection. They discovered that diseased kidneys release a tiny toxin that is damaging to the heart. The findings were published in ...