You may be harming your kidneys and causing irreversible damage faster than you realise. From poor hydration, irregular meals, excessive salt intake, to frequent painkiller use, even long hours of sitting quietly strain the kidneys over time.

As soon as you are wounded—whether from grabbing a hot pan or contracting the flu—you begin a unique journey through variable symptoms toward either recovery or death. This journey is called your disease trajectory,

Exercising more frequently is associated with a significantly slower decline in measured glomerular filtration rate in a new longitudinal study.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects nearly 36 million people. “CKD is a real public health crisis, and one that’s steadily rising,” said Merlin Thomas, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D., FRACP, a professor of medicine in the Department of Diabetes at Monash ...

Scientists find how changes in bile acids linked to gut bacteria may signal advancing chronic kidney disease, pointing to a possible link between gut metabolism and kidney decline

Recently, my primary care physician spotted some abnormal numbers related to my kidney function. He suspects that this is related to lisinopril. As a result, he decreased my daily dosage to just 10 mg. Before he made this change, my blood pressure was running at pretty good numbers of approximately 125/60 or 125/70 mm Hg.

Subtle abnormalities in kidney function—even within the range considered normal—may help identify people at risk of developing chronic kidney disease. This is shown in a new study from Karolinska Institutet,