Shaun and Amanda Carmichael discovered they are the perfect match — literally. In the new year, Amanda plans to donate one of her kidneys to her husband, Shaun. "This says it all, right there," Shaun ...

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a debilitating hereditary condition in which fluid-filled sacs form and proliferate in the kidneys. Over time, the ...

A 35-year-old female A visited several hospitals for repeated flank pain and hematuria from a few years ago, but did not receive an accurate diagnosis. Then, a recent CT scan found dozens of cysts in ...

The Ekiti State Government has dismissed a medical doctor at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, over a surgery involving a patient, Joshua Afolayan. The state also suspended the ...

Fortunately, eight days after surgery, I received the pathology report and was elated to read that it was an oncocytoma ...

Salon owners Alice Valentine and Sofia Martin have a large focus on helping transgender women and those with PCOS feel more ...

Dear A.K.: Ogilvie syndrome is acute pseudo-obstruction of the colon. It is considered pseudo-obstruction because it looks ...

Kidney research reveals a complex picture of life-saving treatments that show genuine promise but deliver frustratingly mixed ...

Ekiti State Government has dismissed a surgeon and suspended members of a surgical team at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) over the controversial surgery involving Mr Joshua ...

The Ekiti State government has sacked a surgeon at the State’s University Teaching Hospital, EKSUTH, over the alleged removal of patient’s kidney. The development came following the outcome of the ...

This is an important study on the sensory roles of Cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons (CBF-cn) in mammals. The authors identify PKD2L1 as the predominant pH-sensing channel CBF-cn and show how the ...

Sodium bicarbonate is an antacid medication that may help treat metabolic acidosis in people with kidney disease. If a person has kidney disease, it may cause them to develop metabolic acidosis. This ...