Kidney disease is one of the most prevalent and underdiagnosed chronic conditions in Illinois. An estimated 1.48 million adults in the state are living with chronic kidney disease (CKD), yet roughly 1...
Every year, hundreds of thousands of patients around the world wait for a kidney transplant that may never come. Kidney failure — the irreversible loss of kidney function — requires either long-term d...
International Society of Nephrology Highlights the Emerging Role of Gut Microbiome in Kidney Disease
The gut microbiome has attracted substantial scientific interest as a potential contributor to CKD progression and as a therapeutic target in nephrology. The first systematic characterization of gut d...
The global shortage of donor kidneys for transplantation remains one of the most pressing challenges in nephrology and transplantation medicine. The 2022 Global Observatory on Donation and Transplanta...
Kidney disease is one of Ohio’s most significant and underrecognized public health challenges. More than 1.3 million Ohio adults are estimated to have chronic kidney disease (CKD), yet only arou...
Kidney disease is a silent but formidable global health challenge. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects an estimated 850 million people worldwide, while acute kidney injury (AKI) contributes to millio...
Kidney disease is one of Georgia’s most significant—and most underrecognized—public health burdens. An estimated 1.2 million Georgia adults are living with chronic kidney disease (CKD), yet fewe...
Chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD) is a systemic condition arising from disturbances in mineral metabolism, bone architecture, and vascular calcification that accompany progres...
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the most common cause of CKD and ESRD worldwide. The 2022 KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes Management in CKD, produced with ISN endorsement and published...
For millions of people living with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), dialysis is not a treatment choice — it is a lifeline. Yet the form that treatment takes, where it happens, and how it fits into a pa...