For people going through dialysis, diet is not secondary; it is actually one of the most crucial parts of their whole ...

In this Ask The Professor Q&A, David St-Jules, a registered dietitian and assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition, and Dr. John Westhoff, associate professor in the School of Medicine and ...

Beyond broad recommendations for recurrent kidney stone prevention, clinicians and renal dietitians can create personalized plans.

The renal diet is an eating plan that promotes kidney health and slows kidney damage. The kidneys are a pair of organs that reabsorb nutrients from the diet and filter out waste. A person’s diet ...

The kidneys play a pivotal role in maintaining our overall health by filtering waste products, excess water, and other impurities from our blood. These substances are stored in the bladder and later ...

Kidney diseases, particularly chronic kidney disease (CKD), fundamentally impair the kidneys' ability to eliminate waste ...

It's official: The ketogenic diet proved to be effective at controlling polycystic kidney disease (PKD) in the first randomized controlled clinical trial of ketogenic metabolic therapy for PKD. It's ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a debilitating condition that affects the emotional, physical, and social well-being of affected patients, thereby reducing their quality of life (QoL). A new study ...

It's official: The ketogenic diet proved to be effective at controlling polycystic kidney disease (PKD) in the first randomized controlled clinical trial of ketogenic metabolic therapy for PKD. "I'm ...

“Patients with high blood pressure, the two big problems that they get is heart disease and kidney disease,” said lead study investigator Dr. Donald Wesson, professor in the department of internal ...