For a disease afflicting 35.5 million people in the U.S., chronic kidney disease flies under the radar. Only half the people ...

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) affects approximately 15% of U.S. adults and as many as 9 in 10 with CKD are unaware they have ...

Kidney Health New Zealand says a simple, $12 test could prevent hundreds of people languishing on waitlists for a kidney donor. Last month Nine to Noon looked at the experience of Dunedin man Eric ...

Research led by Children's Hospital of Fudan University in China has found that a gene called pancreatic progenitor cell ...

In patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and obesity, tirzepatide improved clinical outcomes compared ...

Immigration rights activists are calling on ICE to release a Venezuelan migrant who was preparing to donate a kidney to his ...

In a 2024 clinical practice guideline issued by the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) organization, a ...

Deficiency of the pancreatic progenitor cell differentiation and proliferation factor gene was identified as a risk factor ...

Some drugs are known as nephrotoxic, which means that their effects can cause damage to the kidneys. Drugs such as certain ...

CKD is responsible for chronic inflammation and oxidative stress and results in the build-up of uremic toxins, which ...

At the American College of Cardiology 2025 Annual Scientific Session, John W. Ostrominski, MD, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, dives into the nuanced safety profile of finerenone for high-risk ...

Results from the SUMMIT trial suggest that tirzepatide is as effective in preventing heart failure events in those with ...