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 ...

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD, also called kidney failure or renal failure) is a condition in which the kidneys lose some of their ability to remove waste products and excess fluid from the bloodstream.

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 ...

Kidneys filter blood, removing toxins, excess fluid, and other harmful substances. When kidneys fail, or stop working completely, a person typically only has a few days to weeks to live without ...

Some of the most widely used stomach-acid medications in the world have drawn repeated scrutiny for what years of daily use ...

Kidneys rarely get the same attention as the heart or brain. People talk about heart attacks, blood sugar, cholesterol. But kidneys? They quietly do their job in the background, filtering waste, ...

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, ...

Proton-pump inhibitors, the widely used medications that quell heartburn and acid reflux, are among the most commonly taken drugs in the world, available both by prescription and over the counter. A ...

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) or chronic renal disease is characterized by gradual loss of kidney functions. A healthy kidney filters excess fluids and wastes from the blood which gets removed through ...