Kidney transplantation can be done using kidneys from either living or deceased donors, and both options save lives. Living ...

Scientists have uncovered why people with chronic kidney disease so often die from heart problems: damaged kidneys release ...

For years, doctors have watched patients with failing kidneys die not from kidney failure itself but from sudden heart attacks and heart failure. Now a cluster of studies is pointing to a specific ...

We tapped experts to weigh in on the latest findings.

A fast-aging fish is giving scientists a rare, accelerated look at how kidneys grow old—and how a common drug may slow that ...

Patients with immunoglobin A nephropathy who reached complete remission of proteinuria with sparsentan had greater eGFR ...

More than half of people with advanced kidney disease develop cardiovascular problems. A new study finds that diseased kidneys release tiny particles that are toxic to the heart.