Surgeons have successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a person for the first time, laying…
Eva DaneshJanuary 23, 2022
The kidneys are perhaps the most complex and functionally important organs in the body. However, in…
Priya BhattacharjeeMarch 14, 2017
The kidneys are bean-shaped organs located in the back of the abdominal cavity and are involved in…
Tory DoolinJanuary 21, 2016
Your kidneys are important due to the many functions they serve, such as producing hormones…
Raymond HoAugust 25, 2015
When we think of gout, we often think of a disease associated with ruddy, rotund,…
Priya BhattacharjeeJune 4, 2015
Glomerulonephritis is a type of kidney disease that damages the kidneys' ability to remove waste…
Priya BhattacharjeeMarch 6, 2015
Addison’s disease is a disorder caused when your adrenal glands (located on your kidney) cannot make cortisol or aldosterone. To understand the disease, let's…
Priya BhattacharjeeFebruary 19, 2015
