Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive health condition that damages your kidneys. Your kidneys are two bean-shaped organs that help remove waste and excess fluid from the body. High blood ...

Anemia is more common in later-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD), with diabetes and dialysis increasing the risk. Treating the underlying cause can improve symptoms and quality of life.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is defined as a progressive loss of renal function that lasts for more than 3 months, and is classified according to the degree of kidney damage – measured by the le ...

Or you can have systemic inflammation, which may be caused by a chronic inflammatory disease.” It’s not unusual to experience fatigue, headaches and brain fog when you’re fighting off an ...

A mysterious illness, which the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling "disease X," has killed at least 31 people — mostly children — in the remote Panzi region of the ...

The clinic specializes in kidney stone surgeries, with world-renowned surgeons leading the field. UAB focuses on stone disease as a chronic disease that warrants a thorough and thoughtful workup and ...

A "mystery disease" recently struck the south-western corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), killing between 67 and 143 people over two weeks. The disease was reported to cause flu-like ...

An undiagnosed disease outbreak in southwest Congo causing flu-like symptoms has now infected more than 400 people since October, health officials said Sunday, and reportedly killed 143 people ...

What Is a Kidney Cyst? There are different kinds of kidney cysts. A simple kidney cyst is a round pouch of smooth, thin-walled tissue or a closed pocket that is usually filled with fluid.

He was previously funded by the International Association of National Public Health Institutes as a technical advisor for their global review of disease surveillance. A “mystery disease ...

Africa’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention — Africa CDC — says it is working to identify a new disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has claimed at least 79 lives and ...