Consumer-focused guidance emphasizes CKD testing, individualized care, evidence review, and caution around "reversal" ...

Chronic kidney disease progresses through five stages as kidney function declines, with early stages often silent and advanced disease potentially requiring dialysis or transplantation.

A mismatch between two common tests for kidney function may indicate a higher risk for kidney failure, heart disease, and death, a new study shows. Health care providers for decades have measured ...

A reader worries about kidney damage from their medications. Dr. Roach explains how common drugs affect lab tests.

Scientists have made a remarkable breakthrough in kidney research. In a paper published in the journal Communications Biology, a team of researchers at Kyoto University led by Ramin Sadeghian present ...

Adults with prediabetes were more than twice as likely as those with normal glucose levels to experience a faster decline in kidney function over time, according to new data from a long-term ...

Experts recommend a peritoneal catheter via laparoscopic surgery, which would allow the surgeon to see if she’s a good ...

Heart disease and chronic kidney disease can accelerate one another, but new guidelines say simple screening and early ...

In January 2026, Tim Andrews, who had received a genetically edited pig kidney in January 2025, became the recipient of a donated human kidney. His case represents the longest dialysis-free survival ...