Your kidneys work tirelessly around the clock, filtering waste from your blood and maintaining the delicate balance of fluids in your body. These bean-shaped organs process about 50 gallons of blood ...

Medications and extra fluid infusions can help protect your kidneys from damage during chemotherapy. More than one million people receive chemotherapy or radiation treatments for their cancer each ...

Our kidneys, vital for filtering waste and maintaining fluid balance, often go unnoticed until problems arise, particularly as we age. Like many bodily functions, kidney performance can naturally ...

nicola.thomas@lsbu.ac.uk has received funding from NHS England, Kidney Care UK, The Health Foundation, Burdett Trust and Kidney Research UK. She is a member of the UK Kidney Association and ...

When you experience issues with your kidneys, you might think they would cause obvious warning signs. After all, kidneys are among the most important organs in the body, carrying out crucial functions ...

The early stages of kidney damage may cause few or no symptoms. However, as damage accumulates and prevents the kidneys from functioning correctly, people may begin to notice symptoms. These may ...

A lot of the time, kidney problems start without any obvious signs, and the first signs are often very similar to dehydration. People might not notice important symptoms because both conditions mess ...