At 24, when Peter Leslie was admitted to hospital on the eve of Christmas he did not imagine that he would have to face the next Christmas with a new kidney. At this age, he had to go for kidney transplantation surgery at the St Mary’s hospital. And now at 67, he is one [...]

The one billion dollar kidney market in Pakistan received a major setback when the Govt. has banned the trade of human organ in the country. The ban has forced thousands of kidney patients to look else where for a donor. In can be mentioned that Pakistan is one of the biggest markets [...]

In a recent study conducted by the Africa - America Study of kidney and Hypertension has shown that the kidney related disease only get worsened in majority of the participants. The study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine proves that even the best treatment can not keep the kidney diseases from the [...]

A new, non-surgical procedure called radio-frequency ablation (RFA) offers new hope for patients with inoperable kidney and liver tumors. RFA uses heat to “vaporize”

Herbal extract forskolin, that is sold in health food stores and promoted as an allergy and fat loss aid may improve treatment of bladder infections when it is taken with antibiotics, research suggests.

Obesity seems to increase the risk of Renal Cell Cancer in women while in men a small hip circumference is associated with increased risk.

Lipitor is an HMG CoA reductase inhibitor. It blocks the production of cholesterol (a type of fat) in the body.

Italian researchers have identified a gene that plays a key role in the formation of blood cells that feed kidney tumours .

Though the advancements in treatment have reduced the risk of death for the patients with Acute Renal Failure (ARF), yet the number of patients hospitalized for ARF continues to increase steadily.