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Colon cancer screening is very important. It detects cancer at early, more curable stages. But the National Kidney Foundation wants people to know about certain bowel cleansing products that have risks to the kidneys of some individuals. A warning was issued by the FDA for a type of sudden loss of kidney function or acute kidney injury and blood mineral disturbances.

Your colon doctor needs to see your colon without anything in the way...

Drinking alcohol affects many parts of your body, including your kidneys. A little alcohol—one or two drinks now and then—usually has no serious effects. However, excessive drinking–more than four drinks daily—can affect your health and worsen kidney disease. When experts talk about one drink, they are talking about one 12–ounce bottle of beer, one glass of wine, or one ounce (one shot) of “hard liquor....

Water, or H2O, is essential to life. It performs many important functions in your body like flushing out toxins, transporting nutrients and regulating body temperature.

Each year, Americans spend billions of dollars buying bottled water. If you walk through the beverage aisle in the supermarket, the number of choices can be overwhelming and confusing. Are you buying a drink that is good for you or is it...

A healthy diet consists of a variety of foods from different sources. When it comes to grains, there are many different types, and equally as many (if not more!) product claims about these different grains. It can get confusing, so use this guide to help sift out the healthiest grains.

Grains are seeds that have been harvested and formed into food products. They can come from a variety of...

What would you do if you had a fever with irritation or pain when you urinate? Would you wait a few days and then make an appointment to see a doctor? Don’t wait. Those symptoms might be from a bladder infection. Bladder infections need to be treated. If a bladder infection is not resolved, it may lead to a kidney infection.

Kidney infections are rare, but they can cause a number of problems. Urine is one of the body fluids that...

Shedding pounds may be hard work, but it doesn’t need to be complicated. People tend to underestimate how much they actually eat, which can contribute to weight gain. For those with kidney disease, certain dietary restrictions limit low calorie food choices, adding another element to the struggle. It’s not all bad news though and the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is here to help you win your battle with the scale. Get the...

Each year in the United States, about 51,000 adults will be diagnosed with kidney cancer. The exact cause of kidney cancer is unclear, but having advanced chronic kidney disease may place you at increased risk for developing kidney cancer. Other risk factors include: smoking, obesity, high blood pressure, family history of kidney cancer, chronic kidney disease, exposure to radiation therapy or carcinogenic chemicals, and long-term use of...