Laura Lynn, from Glasgow, Scotland, has told how, thanks to specialist testing from a charity set up following the death of ...

"The GP said it could be kidney stones... but my family were really concerned because the symptoms were similar to Kaya's the ...

Laura Lynn was told she could have kidney stones - but the death of her 18-year-old cousin urged her to get another scan, ...

Analyses of the chemical composition of fluid in 12 cysts of a polycystic kidney disclosed marked variations in the concentrations of selected cations, glucose, urea and creatinine. The ...

Cysts can form in the kidney for many reasons, and most such cysts are benign (non-cancerous). However, in some instances a cyst may become enlarged to the point that it causes pain, obstructs the ...

Kidney pain is classified according to how bad it is — severe or mild. A kidney stone or cyst can cause severe pain, while the pain from an infection is usually mild. Typically, nothing improves ...

even in advanced chronic kidney disease; cysts derived from proximal tubules, but not those derived from distal tubules, contained increased concentrations of bioactive erythropoietin.

By offering to become a living donor through paired donation, Kegeris not only provided a life-saving kidney to another ...

Nov 2024 - PYC Therapeutics (ASX:PYC) has announced plans to advance its investigational drug candidate, PYC-003, into human ...

FOR ADVICE ON PKD, PLEASE CONTACT KIDNEY RESEARCH UK. Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a genetic disorder where fluid filled cysts grow in kidneys and destroy normal renal tissue. It is the world’s ...

I read your recent column on transplants and dialysis. Fifteen years ago, I found I had polycystic kidney disease and was ...