March is Kidney Health Month, and in honour of World Kidney Day on Thursday, the the Kidney Foundation of Canada’s southern Alberta branch encouraged residents to take some time to ...

Dwyane Wade, Kim Kardashian, Maria Menounos and Rick Springfield have touted full-body MRI scans. Should you get one?

Joy Behar claims she’s friends with a Trump supporter but adds she wouldn’t give them a kidney to save their life: “I won’t give them a kidney but I could be friends with them…the thing about it, it’s ...

Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) drugs mimic the GLP-1 hormone, which helps control insulin and blood sugar levels, decreases ...

Among the kidney conditions disproportionately affecting African Americans, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) stands ...

Amelia Ti is a Registered Dietitian (RD) and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) based in NYC. She completed her Bachelor's in Nutrition & Dietetics at NYU and Master's in ...

There are two kidneys in the human body; each is roughly the size of a clenched fist. They are located in the retroperitoneal space, behind the much larger abdominal cavity. One of the kidney’s ...

Because of its anatomy, kidney problems can sometimes (but not always ... US Department of Health and Human Services. Urinary tract infections. American Kidney Fund. Kidney pain: causes, why kidneys ...

Key findings from the study include: Significantly lower levels of GPR107 in kidney tissue from both human DN patients and mice with streptozocin (STZ) -induced DN (a model of diabetic nephropathy).

A pig’s heart beating in a human? This medical feat has already been achieved – at least for a short time. Kidneys from animals have also been transplanted. Last year, a 62-year-old man lived ...