Explore why peritoneal dialysis, a home-based treatment, offers a better quality of life for kidney failure patients despite ...

In 2014, Amber Pettis felt nauseous and tired. She went to see her doctor because she thought she had a stomach bug. Instead, she learned she had kidney failure, a life-altering disease requiring long ...

In December, the FDA granted breakthrough status for an implantable kidney replacement system for patients with end-stage ...

TAUNTON — During Taunton resident Roshanda Turner’s second pregnancy in 2012, her obstetrician informed her that her kidneys were having problems. Turner said they didn’t provide more details, except ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The great majority of patients requiring kidney dialysis in the U.S. are treated in outpatient clinics almost all run by ...

Weaning patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) from dialysis while they are still hospitalized may save them from remaining on the treatment for the rest of their lives, according to a new study led ...

For most people, kidney failure redraws the boundaries of life overnight. Time gets measured in hospital visits. Energy ...

More than half of children undergoing chronic dialysis require hospitalisation, with the risk being higher for those on peritoneal dialysis than for those on haemodialysis, an Italian study finds.

High-dose fish oil cut major heart events in people on dialysis, showing unusually strong benefits in a large clinical trial.