Kidney disease is a severe condition in which your kidneys slowly start to fail. This leads to a build-up of harmful elements in your blood that would otherwise be filtered out through your kidneys.

Your sex influences your average life expectancy as well, and research shows an age reduction from 77 to 66 for men and 81 to 68 for women. How Does Age of Diagnosis Affect Life Span? Earlier ages ...

CKD screening at age 55, combined with SGLT2 inhibitors, reduces kidney failure incidence and improves life expectancy across racial and ethnic groups. Non-Hispanic Black adults experience the ...

A recent study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that five common risk factors for heart disease could slash your life expectancy by more than a decade. Those risk factors ...