A renal allograft recipient (underlying disease IgA nephropathy) went into renal failure 10 days after transplantation. The donor kidney had multiple cortical cysts and 2 separate renal arteries. A ...

The Lerman Renovascular Research Lab at Mayo Clinic studies causes and treatments related to nephropathy from atherosclerotic ...

If you have pain in your joint, then it can be a sign of impaired kidneys that can weaken your bones and joints, which can be a lack of calcium and phosphorus, and it raises the risk of fractures. If ...

Backstory<BR><BR>So it turns out that my MRI has disqualified me as a donor.<BR><BR>I wasn't able to talk to Doctor/Surgeon , but the transplant coordinator lady said that I had 3 arteries in one ...

Diagnosis of high blood pressure—a disease largely confined to middle age—has hitherto been based chiefly on the assumed presence of incurable hardening of the arteries (arteriosclerosis). Now come Dr ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nothing doctors prescribed controlled Michael Garrity’s dangerously high blood pressure — until they zapped away some nerves on his kidneys. If that sounds weird, well, kidneys help ...

Drink plenty of water, but do not overdo it because anything beyond reasonable will put an extra burden on the kidneys. Eat less salt, less protein and avoid potassium-rich foods to relax the kidneys.

High blood pressure causes one-third of all U.S. deaths. Doctors have long considered it one of the most dangerous diseases of 20th Century civilization, and one of the least understood. They may have ...