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 ...

Two men have been firm friends for more than 20 years after bonding over a pair of trainers while they both received kidney ...

Dialysis is a procedure that helps filter and clean your blood when your kidneys are unable to do so effectively. There are two types of dialysis. Hemodialysis involves the use of a dialysis machine ...

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 ...

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

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.