March is National Kidney Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about the difference between two kidney disorders — kidney cysts and polycystic kidney disease. Your kidneys are situated in ...

Kidney (renal) cysts are fluid-filled sacs that form on one or both of the kidneys. Usually, these cysts do not cause symptoms or kidney damage, in which case they are referred to as simple kidney ...

abdominal aortic aneurysm The researchers’ goal was to systematically review all relevant literature to determine whether patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms were more likely to have simple renal ...

Patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) have a high prevalence of simple kidney cysts, an Italian study found. The study included 172 PHPT patients and 210 age- and sex-matched healthy ...

A compound originally developed as a cancer treatment may hold promise for treating polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), which affects more than half a million Americans and can lead to kidney ...

With kidney disease on the rise worldwide, we asked the nation's top specialists to share the early signs of the condition.

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 concentrations ...

March is National Kidney Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about the difference between two kidney disorders — kidney cysts and polycystic kidney disease. Your kidneys are situated in ...