An international study that has been carried out on nearly 3000 people in Norway, Germany, and Iceland, shows that our kidney function deteriorates with age, even if we do not have any other diseases.

A team has devised a more accurate way of measuring an indicator of kidney function known as glomerular filtration rate (GFR) by taking aging into account. Annual health checkups regularly include ...

Chronic kidney disease is on the rise in New Jersey, with a nearly 60% increase in prevalence of the illness among patients ...

Credit: Getty Images Sex differences in rates of kidney function decline were more pronounced at older ages, investigators found. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is more likely to develop in women ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Growing evidence suggests that age alone shouldn't prevent older adults from being organ donors – or having a kidney transplant themselves – according to researchers at Wake ...

Many men and women with “failing kidneys” may not have anything more than a normal age-related decline in kidney function. By Jane E. Brody If the public has learned anything about medicine during the ...

In multivariable adjusted model, no association seen for impaired kidney function with increased hazard of dementia compared with preserved kidney function.

People with impaired kidney function have higher levels of Alzheimer's biomarkers in their blood, but not an increased risk ...

Kidney health may not raise dementia risk, but it can shift how fast dementia symptoms appear in those already vulnerable.