Kidney disease impacts millions globally. Two main treatments, hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, offer life-saving ...

More patients with AKI recovered kidney function after a conservative hemodialysis strategy compared with patients on hemodialysis three times a week, according to data presented at ASN Kidney Week.

I saw an article this week on the MIT Technology Review Web site about a liver dialysis machine that Mayo Clinic is working on. It sounds pretty innovative. Nothing like this is in use now, but other ...

Two liver dialysis machines made by Fresenius Medical Care and Gambro don't extend the lives of patients with liver failure, according to studies presented at the International Liver Congress in ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Try to imagine being a healthy high school student, and out of the blue one day you're in liver failure so bad you may only have days to live without a transplant. That ...

Kidney failure, also called end-stage renal disease (ESRD), is a condition where your kidneys are not functioning properly. Kidney failure occurs when the kidneys work at less than 15% of their normal ...

The growing burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has been a major driver of demand for dialysis and kidney transplantation for decades. CKD is a progressive loss ...

Weaning patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) from dialysis while they are still hospitalized may save them from remaining ...