Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and Yale University have collaborated on the development and application of a diagnostic model to detect acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) in patients, which could have a lasting impact on getting patients diagnosed earlier.Read More

Women have a higher risk of heart failure and stroke than men while undergoing dialysis for kidney failure, a new study shows.Read More

As a nephrologist, it is my mission to promote equal healthcare access and to end racial disparities in the care of patients with kidney disease.Read More

At a dialysis center in Atlanta, Lauren Kasper tended to patients resting in hospital beds, some too sick to be transferred to a chair. Many arrived in wheelchairs or walked with canes, their bodies weakened from kidney disease.Read More

The National Kidney Foundation launched a new interactive portal that lets patients with chronic kidney disease learn more about their condition, according to a press release.Read More

People who volunteer to donate a kidney face an even lower risk of death from the operation than doctors have long thought, researchers reported Wednesday.Read More

Martinez Majors Sr. of Alexandria, Va., 65, had no idea his kidneys were failing. Then, three years ago, a severe case of edema landed him in the hospital.Read More

The National Kidney Foundation has released new recommendations for the use of genomics to test for, and diagnose, genetic kidney diseases, according to a press release.Read More

The American Kidney Fund (AKF) today highlighted the growth and ongoing success of its National Virtual Camp program for children and teens with kidney disease – the only virtual program of its kind for pediatric kidney patients.Read More

Illinois State Senator Mattie Hunter (3rd District), in partnership with the Institute for Positive Living, the Illinois Institute of Technology, Ada S. McKinley, and TASC, is hosting one of the city’s largest health fairs.Read More