Substantially fewer patients, and Black patients in particular, initiated treatment for kidney failure at the start of the pandemic.

"Fortunately, some of the genes we've identified for kidney disease can be targeted with existing drugs."

A new study raises the alarm that physically demanding work in high outdoor temperatures could increase rates of kidney disease in the United States.

Researchers have found a way to safely deliver carbon monoxide to injured kidneys using artificial sweetener ingredients as "carrier" molecules.

A new simpler urine test that could be done in a doctor’s office or even at home would give people with kidney stones results in as little as 30 minutes.

Some 95,000 Americans are waiting for a kindey donation. Now researchers say it's safe to transplant hundreds of donor kidneys that are discarded each year.

A problem in the body's gene-regulatory process may cause normal cells to turn malignant and produce Wilms' tumor, the most common children's kidney cancer.

After acquisition by for-profit dialysis chains, survival rates fell by as much as 2.9%, and patients were 8.5% less likely to get a transplant or join a transplant waiting list during their first year.

Diets that put the body into ketosis could be a way to fight, or even reverse, polycystic kidney disease. A supplement may one day do the trick, too.

What's behind the acute kidney injury some marathon runners experience after a race? New research debunks one idea and points the finger elsewhere.