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

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

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 ...

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

Meteorologist Bill Reh has polycystic kidney disease, which he inherited from his father. His wife of 37 years, Shields Reh, was the kidney donor; the surgery was in November. Since the surgery, Bill ...

Source: Getty Images A diagnosis of polycystic kidney disease does not preclude good nutrition. Clinicians should guide patients toward safer and healthier eating. For decades, nutrition guidance for ...

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is an inherited disorder in which clusters of fluid-filled cysts gradually develop within the kidneys. As these cysts enlarge and multiply, they damage the surrounding ...

Nine out of 10 people with chronic kidney disease only find out when it progresses to later stages. Here’s what we know about its risk factors—and why there's new reason to hope for more effective ...

A magnetic device may be able to remove kidney stones more efficiently than standard approaches, avoiding the need for repeated surgical procedures. Kidney stones occur when minerals in urine ...

Engineers and clinicians have found that adding light-absorbing nanoparticles to surgical saline can make laser kidney stone removal up to seven times more efficient, without raising heat risks or ...

DIAGNOSED WITH END STAGE KIDNEY DISEASE. MOST PATIENTS WAITING FOR A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT HAVE TO WAIT UP TO FIVE YEARS TO GET ONE. FOR TIM ANDREWS. IT MIGHT HAVE TAKEN EVEN LONGER, AND I KNEW THAT ...

When Demetri Maxim was seven years old, his mother’s kidneys stopped working. She was put on dialysis, which meant that she had to go to the hospital four times a week to have her blood filtered by a ...