Kidneys play the most important role in the body by flushing out toxins naturally in the form of urine. Here are the top 10 ...

Kidneys serve as the body's essential filtration system, performing critical functions that impact every aspect of health.

Most of these trials have several confounding variables -- i.e, serum creatinine, renal blood flow, and urine volume -- that limit the applicability of the results. Although low-dose dopamine has ...

A study from the University of Virginia suggests that long-term use of certain medications commonly prescribed for high blood ...

This fluid deficiency can harm the kidneys in many ways, including decreased kidney blood flow, concentrated urine, increased ...

After 30-year careers, SMU professors Fanfan Hou and Qifa Liu are still on the frontline for patient-centric treatments for kidney and blood diseases. Progressive and irreversible, chronic renal ...

Acute kidney failure, now known as acute kidney injury (AKI), occurs when your kidneys suddenly lose their ability to filter ...

Interventions: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and continuous renal replacement therapy ... The ECLS circuit is capable of providing adequate blood flow to the free-flow CRRT system ...