Chandler H. Park, MD, and Tian Zhang, MD, MHS, give an overview of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and outline disease risk factors, symptoms, and prevention strategies. Chandler H. Park, M.D.: Hello, and ...

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a hereditary condition in which the kidneys develop multiple cysts. This leads to renal enlargement, distortion of the normal structure of the kidneys and functional ...

Chung-Han Lee, M.D., provides background on clear cell renal cell carcinoma, including common symptoms and risk factors. Chung-Han Lee, M.D.: Hello, and welcome to this is CURE Connections® video ...

As kidney damage progresses, your kidneys cannot remove the waste from your blood. The waste then builds up in your body and can reach poisonous levels, a condition known as uremia. People with uremia ...

Dr. Jenna Henderson, ND Subheadline  A clinical overview of kidney function changes with aging, common diagnostic pitfalls, ...

Normal kidneys are about the size of a fist. An atrophic kidney is one that has shrunk to an abnormal size with abnormal function. This is also known as renal atrophy. It’s not the same thing as renal ...

People may experience pain in their left kidney due to infection or one of several underlying conditions, including kidney stones and cysts in the kidney. The kidneys are a pair of organs in the ...

Today, the nation’s leading kidney health organizations will convene on Capitol Hill for an educational briefing, “Kidney Diseases: the Hidden Crisis in American Health Care,” to bring attention to ...

Peter L. Salgo, MD: Hello, everybody. We’re going to be discussing the link between chronic kidney disease [CKD] and anemia. We’re going to take a look at some of the commonly held beliefs about this, ...