Now 25, Pleskoff, a Seattle native who has endured more than 30 kidney stones, is part of a troubling trend in pediatric health. Kidney stone cases are rising among children, and some medical ...

Kidney cancer-- also called renal cell cancer-- is a disease in which kidney cells become malignant (cancerous) and grow out of control, forming a tumor. Almost all kidney cancers first appear in ...

Clinicians should continue to monitor UACR or UPCR in at-risk children. During periods of rapid growth such as puberty, children with low GFR may show rapid decline in kidney function. Puberty is a ...

Kidney cancer incidences are rising among people under 50, linked to factors like obesity, hypertension, and smoking. This shift presents new challenges, including emotional and financial burdens.

Importantly, the changes observed are cardinal features of several types of PKD, including nephronophthisis (NPHP), a genetic kidney disorder that affects children. One in 50,000 children ...

Wade, 43, revealed on his eponymous podcast in January that he had been diagnosed with a cancerous tumor on his kidney nearly two years earlier ... in on his “journey of healing.” Wade shares children ...

The 43-year-old Basketball Hall of Famer revealed in January that he had surgery in 2023 to remove kidney cancer. Wade previously said the discovery came after health concerns, including urinary ...