Our bodies have several vital organs that quietly toil away to keep us functioning properly. Among these are the kidneys, two fist-sized organs that sit on either side of the spine below the ribs.

Tolvaptan efficacy was assessed among younger adults 18-35 years with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), who are at high risk for progression.

ROACH: I read your recent column on transplants and dialysis. Fifteen years ago, I found I had polycystic kidney disease and was recommended a transplant. My wife and I discovered that our blood ...

With other conditions, such as polycystic kidney disease, you may have periods of severe pain. If kidney cancer is causing your pain, it may feel like a persistent dull ache that extends from the ...

particularly in high-risk patients with cardiovascular disease. In response to these challenges, this review will refocus its attention on advanced targeted drug delivery technologies and research ...

Reported before the New England Branch of the American Urological Association, Boston, Massachusetts. May 19, 1930. Riley — Assistant Professor of Genito-Urinary Surgery, Harvard Medical School ...

The result, outlined in the researchers' paper in the journal Circulation Research, is a "silent but serious" vascular disease where the kidneys become zombie-like, changing into something ...

“We need to accurately understand the effects of long-term use of RAS inhibitors on the kidneys.” RAS inhibitors are commonly prescribed when a patient is first diagnosed with high blood pressure, a ...

A disease like diabetes can show up all over the body—in the eyes, teeth, kidneys and so on ... as the Esperanto for different medical imaging modalities. A CT scan is very different from ...