If you drink water from the tap, then you’re probably drinking water that has been filtered to make it safe to drink. You may even have a filter on your tap to further remove impurities. But did you ...

The kidneys do a lot of work to ensure that the body is healthy, so this Kidney Health Month let’s take a look at just how our kidneys function. Emmanuelle Gilles, MD, a Board Certified Nephrologist ...

Pain related symptoms of kidney problems: Our kidneys are vital, fist-sized, bean-shaped organs that sit on either side of the spine, just below the rib cage. Their primary function is to filter waste ...

Internal organs on your left side can include the transverse and descending colon, the pancreas, and the left lung and kidney, among others. From the outside, the human body may appear relatively ...

Your kidneys are two bean-shaped organs located just below the ribcage. Healthy kidneys work hard to filter your blood by removing waste, toxins, and excess water to produce urine. When there is a ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Surgeons transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it’s worked normally — a critical step toward an operation the New York team hopes to eventually try in ...