Prolonged urine retention can lead to a cascade of problems, from painful kidney stones to recurrent infections and damage to your urinary system. According to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

They produce urine to carry the wastes out of the body. Each person has two kidneys. The kidneys are located on either side of the spine, with the top of each kidney beginning around the 11th or 12th ...

A medication that is currently used for chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes has been found to reduce the risk of worsening heart failure and cardiovascular death in certain ...

Kidney stones can form in your kidneys from minerals like calcium dissolved in your pee. (Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) Kidney stones may be as small as a grain of salt or as big as a kernel ...

Against this backdrop, catheter-based renal denervation (RDN) has emerged as a novel interventional strategy for the management of treatment-resistant hypertension. RDN involves the selective ...

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas said more needs to be done to address violent and property crimes, especially those by young offenders. The Star The day after popular Kansas City chef Shaun Brady ...

There's never been a safer time to give a kidney. The risk of death for people who donated a kidney has dropped by more than half in the last decade, according to a study published Wednesday. “ ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — People who volunteer to donate a kidney face an even lower risk of death from the operation than doctors have long thought, researchers reported Wednesday. The study tracked 30 ...

Peter Pino, 37, died in the crash in Quinton Township at around 10:01 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10. The Elmer man was traveling east on Lawrence Road on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle when he crashed into ...