This video is part of “Innovations In: Kidney Disease,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex. Imagine it’s the first day of summer, and you ...

Scientists at Mayo Clinic have uncovered a surprising new way the kidneys conserve water, revealing a hidden backup system that works independently of the hormone long believed to control the process.

Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a previously unrecognized way the kidneys regulate water balance—an advance that ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I read your recent column on transplants and dialysis. Fifteen years ago, I found I had polycystic kidney disease and was recommended a transplant. My wife and I discovered that our ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a previously unrecognized way the kidneys regulate water balance - an advance that ...

Your kidneys—those fist-sized organs tucked against your back muscles—perform over a dozen vital functions that keep you alive every moment of every day. These remarkable filtration systems process ...

Native kidneys aren’t typically removed after a transplant; however, yours were enormous. (A normal kidney weighs somewhere near 250 grams, about half a pound.) In people with ADPKD, the cysts may ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I read your recent column on transplants and dialysis. Fifteen years ago, I found I had polycystic kidney disease and was recommended a transplant. My wife and I discovered that our ...