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

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

Secondary hyperparathyroidism is a condition in which too much parathyroid hormone (PTH) is produced. PTH is a chemical messenger, produced by the parathyroid glands to control calcium and phosphate ...

Eat a healthy and balanced diet. Avoid consuming too much salt as this increases blood pressure and can put strain on the kidneys. For more information on healthy eating for kidney patients visit our ...

Dr Neil Roberts from the University of Manchester has received a PhD Studentship grant award of £85,000 to build upon previous Kidney Research UK-supported work into the potential for gene therapy to ...

Resources to help instigate change. Use our referenced, downloadable facts and statistics to use in your own presentations to help spread the word about kidney health inequalities. Click to open the ...

A better life after transplant is possible with your gift. People who have had a kidney transplant are three times more likely to develop bladder cancer. Researchers have suspected that BK virus, a ...

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.

Alport syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterised by progressive loss of kidney function, hearing loss and eye abnormalities. It is the second most common cause of genetic chronic kidney ...

It is important that you contact your dialysis unit or the NHS 111 non-emergency medical helpline if you cannot get through to your unit and think you have peritonitis. In severe cases, repeated bouts ...

Kidney failure is up to five times more common in people from minority ethnic groups. Around twice as many Asian people with type 1 diabetes need dialysis or a transplant (therefore experience kidney ...

Dialysis works by performing some of the functions of the kidney, such as removing waste from your blood and helping to maintain balanced levels of fluid and minerals. A kidney transplant is an ...