A teenager born with a congenital kidney condition is getting a new lease on life, thanks to a stranger who turned out to live just minutes away. Elias Manolis had long managed his condition, but by ...

The 9th Annual Patient Symposium offers educational seminars on dialysis, nutrition, mental health and treatment options, ...

A Long Island teenager who needed a kidney transplant has undergone life-saving surgery — and his donor only lived 10 minutes ...

A man with a genetic disease was in desperate need of a kidney—and received it from a coworker he had never met.

An important finding from the study concerns a gene called APOL1. Two variants of the APOL1 gene, known as G1 and G2, ...

Kidney problems have become quite common these days, so let us explain how ignoring small symptoms can lead to serious ...

A colorful drawing by a 10-year-old girl in Cottage Grove helped change her father’s life. Brian Zenner, 43, was diagnosed ...

Recent research suggests that adults ages 30 to 40 with high blood pressure may face a higher risk of cardiovascular and ...

Dear Savvy Senior: What are the risk factors for kidney disease? My mother died from kidney failure a few years ago at age 75 but didn’t even know she had a problem until it was too late. — Inquiring ...

Debbie Coleman was diagnosed with stage five kidney failure in September 2023, the most severe form of the disease.

Kidney disease can cause facial swelling, itchiness, and blisters. Symptoms can depend on the stage of kidney disease. Uremic leontiasis ossea is a rare and severe complication of advanced kidney ...

Bethenny Frankel is doing what she can to stay healthy amid her battle with chronic kidney disease. “I slept an extraordinary ...