The human kidney filters about a cup of blood every minute, removing waste, excess fluid, and toxins from it, while also ...

Your kidneys work as your body’s natural filtration system, cleaning your blood day and night. But this vital work depends heavily on one critical factor: your blood pressure. Medical experts warn ...

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered how long-term treatment of high blood pressure with commonly prescribed drugs can destroy the kidney’s ability to filter and ...

A new study suggests that a group of drugs commonly used to treat diabetes may do exactly that. The research, recently published in the journal Kidney International, shows that medications known as ...