Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo provided by Johns Hopkins Medicine, Dr. Dorry Segev, right, performs the first U.S. transplant of a kidney from a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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. The study tracked 30 years ...

There's never been a safer time to give a kidney. The risk of death for people who donated a kidney has dropped by more than half in the last decade, according to a study published Wednesday. “It’s ...

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Biologic therapies are generally safe for CKD patients, but conventional therapies and JAK inhibitors require caution due to potential renal impact. Corticosteroids should be used at the lowest ...

Robot-assisted kidney transplantation in living donors is associated with low rates of intraoperative and high-grade postoperative complications and, after a median of about 2 years of follow-up, ...

Your kidneys do this automatically by passing your blood through millions of filtering units called nephrons, which have two main parts: the glomerulus and the tubule. The glomerulus is made up of ...

Are supplements safe with type 2 diabetes and CKD? High risks include toxicity, drug interactions, and additional kidney damage.

People with HIV can safely receive donated kidneys from deceased donors with the virus, according to a large US study that comes as the government moves to expand the practice. That could shorten the ...

People with HIV can safely receive donated kidneys from deceased donors with the virus, according to a large study that comes as the U.S. government moves to expand the practice. That could shorten ...