The kidney also maintains normal amounts of haemoglobin, which is responsible for delivery of oxygen to the tissues, in addition to a large number of other functions ...

Katie Pappas and Christine Hernandez are two of 3,500 Illinoisians waiting for a kidney transplant in a state where the ...

Early detection and new biomarkers are changing how we manage acute kidney injury—and its link to chronic kidney disease. Acute Kidney Injury: Diagnosis, Prevention, and CKD Risk - Los Angeles Times ...

Kidney disease is an example of the damage that prolonged, incessant heat can do to the body, says Ollie Jay, a heat physiologist at the University of Sydney in Australia.

An experimental medicine from Vera Therapeutics significantly reduced levels of toxic protein in the urine of patients with an autoimmune kidney disease in a clinical trial.

A biopsy may be performed to provide further information but is not necessary. After that, the doctor may recommend imaging every three to six months for two years, then every six to 12 months ...

A large prospective, randomized clinical trial in patients with advanced breast cancer has found that the use of liquid biopsy blood tests for early detection of a treatment-resistance mutation ...

The other treatment is a little bit more innovative but rarely used for typical idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. It’s called an endoscopic third ventriculostomy and involves driving a small ...

Inhibition of the circadian rhythm in kidney fibroblasts has been shown to accelerate fibrosis progression (Desvergne et al., 2016; Egstrand et al., 2020), highlighting the critical importance of ...