It may not cause symptoms in the early stages. Your kidneys filter your blood and remove toxins from your body. These toxins go to your bladder and are eliminated when you urinate. When this ...
Kidney failure symptoms may begin so gradually that you don't really notice swelling, joint pain, or changes in how you urinate (pee). Or, you may think that itchy skin and other signs are due to ...
But now age 59, having battled back cancer three times, one kidney gone, and a pre-surgical appointment scheduled for Wednesday, Cone knew that the blizzard that blanketed the Kansas City area ...
Although most people have two kidneys, only one kidney can function just as well as two. You may need to take some precautions to avoid injury to your kidney, though, and see a doctor for regular ...
Talk about a flight risk. A planeload of panicky passengers were sent back to the terminal after their aircraft failed to take off — not once but twice — in Thailand. Pilots manning the Nok ...
Later, she received an unexpected diagnosis: kidney stones, typically an affliction of older adults. Now 25, Pleskoff, a Seattle native who has endured more than 30 kidney stones, is part of a ...