In this illustration, a mass (depicted as jagged) is shown on a kidney (Level I, at left). The tumor extends up the inferior vena cava vein (blue) to the liver (Level III) and approaches the heart ...

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When you control your diabetes, your entire body benefits -- including your kidneys. This pair of bean-shaped organs cleans your blood and does other important jobs. But if you have diabetes that’s ...

A new blood test can identify which individuals of African ancestry carrying high-risk APOL1 gene variants are most likely to develop kidney failure, years before clinical disease becomes apparent.

Hundreds of millions of people (12% of the global population) suffer from kidney stones. For many patients, the only options are to wait for it to pass, take a cocktail of drugs for months, or go ...

You must have heard that kidney stones pass on their own within a few weeks. But this is just half-truth. While small stones ...