High-dose hemodiafiltration led to substantially better survival of patients with end-stage kidney disease compared with conventional hemodialysis after a median 30 months in a large, prospective study.

More than two years have passed since Roland Coleman, a seasoned attorney, started trying to get onto the kidney transplant waitlist.

Researchers have developed an implantable bioartificial kidney that could help patients with end-stage kidney disease lead a better quality of life.

DaVita confirms attack which greatly affected operations

The experimental IL-6 inhibitor clazakizumab improves key inflammation markers in one study, whereas another shows lower risks with home hemodialysis vs peritoneal dialysis.

Survival may be longer among older people with chronic kidney failure, but those patients commonly have less time at home compared with those choosing medical management.

Preventable bloodstream infections related to kidney failure treatment are more common in US Blacks and Hispanics than in Whites, according to a report from the CDC released on Monday.

Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan (USask) and St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon used the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at USask to help improve health outcomes for patients on dialysis.

Lisa Pisano was the second person to receive a kidney from a gene-edited pig.

Australia and the UK have long had programs whereby some elderly patients with end-stage kidney disease, or those with many comorbidities, opt to forego dialysis, but the US has lagged behind.

Preventable bloodstream infections related to kidney failure treatment are more common in U.S. Blacks and Hispanics than in whites, according to a report...

Doctors say a woman who received a pig kidney transplant is back on dialysis after surgeons removed the gradually failing organ

A woman who received a pig kidney transplant is back on dialysis because surgeons had to remove the gradually failing organ after just 47 days.

Shares of dialysis service providers fell sharply on Wednesday after Novo Nordisk's Ozempic showed early signs of success in delaying the progression of...

For the almost 520,000 Americans who will undergo treatment this year, the process leaves little room for a full life. An innovative new device could change everything.

The patient was in kidney failure and her immune system would reject a human organ. Scientists hope genetically modified pig organs prove safe and will alleviate the organ shortage and save lives.

The panel voted 13-3 in favor of the drug's benefits outweighing the risks for kidney disease patients who were on dialysis, but there was more hesitation...

Nearly 70% of Californians voted "no" to Proposition 29 late Tuesday, which would have required two or three doctors to be present in the state's 600 dialysis clinics.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that bloodstream infection rates related to kidney dialysis are higher among Blacks and Hispanics and in areas with more poverty.

More than one in four patients who develop acute kidney injury die within 1 year of being hospitalized, with little improvement in survival over the past decade.