Picture a man crawling through the desert in tattered clothing, whispering “water” as he nears an oasis. He isn’t thinking about his kidneys, yet they may be the main organ ...

The pieces loosely fit together, but they’re best enjoyed as a triptych of visually and tonally distinct stories: The four ...

Animators with "Adventure Time" ties (and their own great shows) have teamed up for a group special that explores themes of identity, death and reincarnation.

Researchers have identified a previously unknown mechanism by which the kidney precisely controls calcium excretion. The ...

To lower the risk of kidney stones while taking topiramate (Topamax), a person can drink plenty of water, limit salt and animal protein, and include calcium in the diet. Doctors prescribe topiramate ...

Meet Crowley police officer Kwaun Shaw. He is a husband and father who's been on the force for three and a half years. Every day, Shaw gets up, puts on his uniform, and goes to work serving his ...

India’s Reliance Animation has secured character IP rights to develop an animated series based on the life of soccer legend Diego Maradona. The Mumbai-based studio, a division of Reliance ...

This story was produced by Grist and was co-published with The Asian Dispatch. It is part of the Grist series Vital Signs, exploring the ways climate change affects your health. This reporting ...

However, when it comes to the kidneys, the FDA has only approved semaglutide for slowing chronic kidney disease progression in patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease. "To our knowledge, ...

At Vera Therapeutics, we began our journey with a single, driving question: what truly causes autoimmune kidney diseases like IgA nephropathy (IgAN), and how can we intervene at the source? As the ...

Scientists have been searching for years for an alternative to human transplants because the donor supply cannot keep up with demand, particularly where kidneys are concerned. More than 90,000 people ...

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