It is important that you contact your dialysis unit or the NHS 111 non-emergency medical helpline if you cannot get through to your unit and think you have peritonitis. In severe cases, repeated bouts ...

Glomerulonephritis is a medical term for a group of diseases involving damage to the glomeruli (the tiny filters in the kidney). The damage is usually caused by the body’s immune system.

Women with moderate to severe CKD can have poorer pregnancy outcomes such as preeclampsia (a complication characterised by high blood pressure and, often, protein in the urine), due to their declining ...

A treatment to reduce persistently high levels of potassium in the blood in adults living with CKD in Scotland has been recommended for a wider group of patients by the Scottish Medicines Consortium ...

New NHS figures out today reveal that the UK organ transplant waiting list has hit a new high, and that the number of people waiting for a kidney transplant continues to go up. But, at the same time, ...

Kidney Research UK has warned that a new government health strategy that has the potential to improve kidney disease diagnosis and save thousands of lives, risks failing unless it is resourced ...

Millions of people worldwide are at risk because chronic kidney disease (CKD) is going undiagnosed, according to global research being unveiled this week. Former Kidney Research UK fellow, Dr Jennifer ...

More than 26,000 people in the UK with kidney failure rely on in‑centre haemodialysis. Most people attend hospital three times a week, spending four to five hours connected to a dialysis machine each ...

A better life after transplant is possible with your gift. People who have had a kidney transplant are three times more likely to develop bladder cancer. Researchers have suspected that BK virus, a ...

Posterior urethral valves are flaps of tissue which cause a blockage in the urethra. The urethra is a tube which carries urine when from where it is stored in the bladder out of the body, so we can ...

Nephronophthisis is inherited. People with the condition have genetic alterations in certain genes. Proteins made from the instructions coded for by these genes are found in cilia. Cilia are small ...

A new dedicated online forum for kidney patients and carers, helping people connect with others who might be going through similar experiences.