Stacey Whinton was a 100% match to donate a kidney to her twin, Donna, after chronic kidney disease caused her kidneys to fail in 2025.

That is the mindset of a 25-year-old dialysis patient from Cowdenbeath, in Scotland, who is determined to inspire others facing difficult times with kidney disease. Callum Renton has needed dialysis ...

BK virus (sometimes known as polyomavirus) is a common virus that most people get in childhood. Symptoms resemble a common cold, and once you’ve had a BK virus infection it remains silently present ...

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.

There are several types of diabetes, the three most common are: Type 1 diabetes – where an individual's immune system attacks and destroys the cells that produce insulin. About 10 per cent of people ...

Jared Hughes was unable to work after diagnosis of chronic kidney disease, which left him needing dialysis and a double leg ...

Just five days after what would have been his dad’s 54th birthday, David Mahon will join his brother and sister to walk in ...

Researchers will investigate the benefits of a prebiotic supplement on malnutrition in patients receiving haemodialysis.

Drinking sufficient levels of fluid on a daily basis is an important part of kidney health. And it’s not just something we should be thinking about during the warmer summer months. We are at the ...

With the support of a £40,000 Kidney Research UK Start-Up Grant, Mrs Rosemary Dempsey, lead paediatric renal pharmacist at ...

Kidney cysts are fluid-filled sacs that can develop in one or both kidneys. You might have one kidney cyst or several. These cysts are usually round or oval shaped. There are several reasons why ...

If you have been told that you have advanced kidney disease or end-stage kidney failure you may have been advised to start thinking about how you would like your kidney disease managed in the future.