Managing mental and emotional health is a key part of managing chronic kidney disease.

Great article Thursday about Jerry Hoyt. Hoyt donated a kidney, to a stranger no less, and then competed in the San Francisco Double Marathon just seven months later. For all the diseases for which ...

Double majoring in business analytics and economics, Friend has built on his undergraduate work with Tribe Athletics’ marketing and sports information departments to land a one-year position with the ...

Kidney disease can affect your body’s ability to clean your blood, filter extra water out of your blood, and help control your blood pressure. It can also affect red blood cell production and vitamin ...

Kidneys rarely get the same attention as the heart or brain. People talk about heart attacks, blood sugar, cholesterol. But kidneys? They quietly do their job in the background, filtering waste, ...

Adopting a kidney-friendly diet like the DASH or Mediterranean diet and managing sodium, potassium, phosphorus, and protein intake may help improve GFR by reducing kidney strain. Maintaining heart ...

Kidney disease is a severe condition in which your kidneys slowly start to fail. This leads to a build-up of harmful elements in your blood that would otherwise be filtered out through your kidneys.