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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....

Some people suddenly lose their kidneys’ function. All at once, the kidneys stop doing their important tasks: eliminating excess fluid and salts and removing waste material. When the kidneys go on strike, dangerous levels of fluid, salts and wastes build up in the body. Without functioning kidneys, the person’s life is at risk.

Acute (sudden) kidney failure is the name of this problem. Most people with chronic kidney failure...

For as far back as she can remember, Dolores Bisagni has suffered from high blood pressure. "I think I've had it forever," she says. Somehow, the condition was treated, but never really under control until recently. Dolores says the kidney failure she now has is a direct result of uncontrolled hypertension.

Married for 54 years to her husband Andrew, this mother of five lives in Shirley, New York, a small town on Long...

Skim milk, cantaloupe and brown rice may be the keys to preserving kidney function. According to research, eating poorly, smoking and obesity can cause kidney disease in otherwise healthy people.

Researchers led by Alexander Chang, MD of Loyola University Medical Center found that people with...