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Learn about the newest medical research and treatments for IC-MPGN.

Complement 3 glomerulopathy (C3G) is a rare kidney disease that often leads to kidney transplant. Find hope in the latest C3G treatments and research.

Complement 3 glomerulopathy (C3G) is a rare kidney disease that often leads to kidney transplant. See how one woman living with C3G found hope.

Complement 3 glomerulopathy (C3G) is a rare kidney disease that often leads to kidney transplant. Get the latest answers from a C3G expert.

October 1, 2025 — Less than 1% of people infected in the U.S. get tested and treated for kissing bug disease (Chagas disease), potentially raising the risk for serious complications like heart failure.

September 23, 2025 — Researchers are linking flight-related exposures – like low cabin pressure, cosmic radiation, and trace chemicals in cabin air – to cancer, blood clots, and neurological symptoms in flight crews. Some warn frequent flyers could be at risk too.

September 11, 2025 — From hemorrhoids to herpes to memory loss and even relationship problems, why do researchers keep discovering new, and surprisingly strange, ways our phones may be harming us?

August 1, 2025 — New research finds that electric fans may help cool you down even in 100 F heat — especially when combined with skin wetting and proper hydration — but become ineffective or harmful at higher temperatures.

Pegcetacoplan is a new treatment for C3G and IC-MPGN. Learn how it works and why it’s a breakthrough for these conditions.

July 14, 2025 — A young mom's painful tale of "medical gaslighting" reveals how the health care system is failing women – and what some are starting to do about it.

June 4, 2025 — Experts explain the risks and benefits of using programs like ChatGPT to analyze results before your doctor calls to discuss them.

April 3, 2025 — The FDA has approved Vanrafia (atrasentan), a once-daily pill that reduces proteinuria in adults with immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN), offering new hope for slowing kidney damage.

March 30, 2025 — The FDA has approved fitusiran (Qfitlia), a first-of-its-kind injectable drug to reduce bleeding episodes in people with certain types of hemophilia.

February 19, 2025 — A new report anticipates a hospital bed shortage as soon as 2032. Here’s how that could impact you.

February 6, 2025 — If you're looking for calm in a toxic world, read advice from scientists who study environmental stress.

Living with chronic kidney disease can be hard. Here's your guide to taking care of your mental health and knowing when and how to get professional help during dialysis.

People with CKD who are on dialysis need a lot of support. Here’s why it’s so important, and resources to help you find it.

Exercise is very important if you have CKD. But it can be hard to do if you’re on dialysis. Learn the benefits and how to fit it into your life.

January 16, 2025 — The breakthrough discovery of a powerful new gene editing tool called bridge RNAs has the potential to significantly advance gene therapy and usher in a new frontier in genome design, researchers say.

December 9, 2024 — Health concerns have prompted the Environmental Protection Agency to ban certain chemicals used for dry cleaning and for making everyday products like glue.

November 14, 2024 — Present-elect Donald Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the country’s next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

November 11, 2024 — This fall, the CDC launched a new program to help reduce diagnostic errors, a leading cause of death in the U.S. Learn how to reduce the chances that a misdiagnosis will happen to you.

November 5, 2024 — Exposure to chemicals called PFAS during young adulthood has been linked to yet another serious health problem – reduced kidney function and kidney disease.

What to know about whole-body scans for body composition and health.

October 29, 2024 — Recent research suggests that standing won’t save you from the health harms of sitting. But before you ditch your standing desk (or your job), consider this expert advice.

October 21, 2024 — Cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s – the list of diseases linked to nighttime light exposure is getting longer. Here’s what scientists think is happening and what to do about it.

October 14, 2024 — The FDA has approved a new preventive treatment for people with certain types of hemophilia that can reduce bleeding episodes, sometimes down to just a few per year.

October 10, 2024 — Hurricane Helene damaged the nation’s main plant that makes intravenous fluids nearly 2 weeks ago. Here's what to know.

September 25, 2024 — Nearly one-third of U.S. adults may have low iron levels that can add to problems ranging from fatigue to heart failure.

September 9, 2024 — A common food dye turned mice see-through, a "stunning" finding that could revolutionize imaging techniques in medicine.

September 6, 2024 — The current yearly heat record was set in 2023, when the global average temperature was 14.98 C (58.964 F). Before that, the hottest year was 2016.

August 30, 2024 — Most of the 200 types of mosquitoes that reside in the U.S. are relatively harmless. But every few years, there are several types make themselves known in headlines for West Nile virus and other diseases.

August 28, 2024 — So far this year, there have been 289 cases of West Nile virus in the U.S., and two-thirds of them have been serious cases with neurological effects like brain swelling or, in rare instances, respiratory paralysis.

August 19, 2024 — As summer winds down, 2024 has burned through the record books, and our health is worse for it.

August 14, 2024 — The World Health Organization has declared that the mpox virus is now a global health emergency due to a worsening outbreak in Congo and other parts of Africa.

July 29, 2024 — The trend of providing acute care in the home is starting to gain traction, but much depends on whether Congress reauthorizes Medicare waivers.

July 19, 2024 — A global IT outage caused by a CrowdStrike software bug disrupted major hospital systems, leading to the cancellation of nonemergency medical procedures and appointments.

June 26, 2024 — Dengue fever is reaching record levels this year across popular travel destinations worldwide.

June 20, 2024 — As antibiotic resistance threatens the world with pathogens like the dreadful A. baumannii, phage therapy has seen a relative renaissance, as it was once used a lot in the pre-antibiotic era.

June 17, 2024 — Study findings underscore the risk of drinking during long-term airline flights.

May 13, 2024 — Reusable water bottles are a hotbed for bacteria and could house even more germs than your kitchen sink. Here's what to know.

May 6, 2024 — He's the first patient outside of a clinical trial to start a new genetic treatment that was shown in clinical trials to cure 88% of people of the hallmark symptoms of sickle cell disease.

May 1, 2024 — Although nowhere near the tens of thousands of cases seen in a 2022-23 outbreak, Mpox cases are up the first few months of 2024, compared to the same time last year. Here's what to know.

Eliseo Pérez-Stable, MD, director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, talks about health disparities and how his studies aim to improve interventions in clinical settings and across communities.

April 23, 2024 — The National Weather Service will now issue heat warnings in a new way using a system called HeatRisk. Here's what to know.

April 23, 2024 — If TikTok goes dark, it could render unavailable the work of those who have made the site a go-to for expert- and user-generated videos on topics that cover the spectrum of consumer health.

April 10, 2024 — More than 60,000 utility groups that supply much of the U.S. with its drinking water must ensure it’s free of six synthetic chemicals that the Environmental Protection Agency now says may lead to serious illnesses, such as cancer.

April 10, 2024 — S.A.R.A.H., which stands for Smart AI Resource Assistant for Health, uses Open AI’s GPT (generative pretrained transformer) large language model to answer a wide range of health questions.

March 21, 2024 — The risk of death due to COVID-19 has declined so much that life expectancy in the U.S. is once again on the rise.