Kidney doctors are called nephrologists. They treat conditions that affect the kidneys, like chronic kidney disease and kidney stones. They also may help people manage chronic conditions like diabetes ...

Doctors may use this procedure to confirm a diagnosis from a core needle biopsy. A person who receives a general anesthetic will not be awake during the biopsy. They will spend time in a recovery ...

People in the United States who have HIV and need kidney or liver transplants can now receive organs from donors who also have HIV without having to be part of a research study. The new federal ...

It was July 2019, and less than a month since he’d been diagnosed with an aggressive type of kidney cancer. It had spread widely. After surgery he was too weak for treatment and never came home.