The disease is particularly severe among Black Americans, who are three times more likely than white Americans to develop ...

In the United States, African Americans are three times as likely to develop kidney failure than white people. Experts suggest this is due to several factors, including genetics, a higher ...

17, 19 During the study period, 1,944,535 adults developed incident kidney failure (mean age: 62.9 years [standard deviation: 15.1]; 43.8 percent female; 27.6 percent Black, 12.9 percent ...

According to a press release by the OPTN, the inclusion of race in the calculation, “led to a systemic underestimation of kidney disease severity for many Black patients.” Despite the new ...

Hundreds of potential kidney donors of Black African and Black Caribbean heritage in the UK can now get a simple blood test to help reduce the risk of kidney failure.

Although kidney stones should not be considered a disease that primarily affects “white, middle-aged” men anymore, Dr. Gregory Tasian, a pediatric urologist at the Children’s Hospital of ...