The kidneys do a lot of work to ensure that the body is healthy, so this Kidney Health Month let’s take a look at just how our kidneys function. Emmanuelle Gilles, MD, a Board Certified Nephrologist ...

The Vital Role of Kidneys The kidneys are essential organs in our body, primarily responsible for filtering blood and ...

You might take your kidneys for granted, but they are a crucial part of your body systems that are silently doing a lot of ...

Kidneys are one of the most important organs of the body, that filter waste and toxins, and keep us healthy. With age, poor lifestyle, alcohol abuse etc., our kidneys can sometimes turn weak, leading ...

To assess kidney function and track chronic kidney disease, health care providers commonly use a measure called eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate). But the two predominant equations used in ...

An international study that has been carried out on nearly 3000 people in Norway, Germany, and Iceland, shows that our kidney function deteriorates with age, even if we do not have any other diseases.

Scientists at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging have shown that an orally administered small molecule, ...

In a recent study of healthy young adults, marijuana use was not associated with change in kidney function over time or the appearance of albumin in the urine, which is a sign of kidney damage.