DEAR DR. ROACH: I read your recent column on transplants and dialysis. Fifteen years ago, I found I had polycystic kidney disease and was recommended a transplant. My wife and I discovered that our ...
This video is part of “Innovations In: Kidney Disease,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex. Imagine it’s the first day of summer, and you ...
The kidneys work every minute of the day without asking for attention. They filter waste, balance fluids, regulate blood ...
Your kidneys—those fist-sized organs tucked against your back muscles—perform over a dozen vital functions that keep you alive every moment of every day. These remarkable filtration systems process ...
The American Kidney Fund (AKF) has launched a series of new resources for kidney transplant patients and their loved ones that explains the complex kidney transplant process, including recovery, ...
Native kidneys aren’t typically removed after a transplant; however, yours were enormous. (A normal kidney weighs somewhere near 250 grams, about half a pound.) In people with ADPKD, the cysts may ...
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