ST. LOUIS, April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Curium announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its generic version of the Kit for the Preparation of Technetium Tc 99m ...

Inclusion criteria is inpatient children, less than 14 years old. All patients finished voiding cystourethrography (VCUG), ultrasound, DMSA scanning and dynamic renal scintigraphy. Ultrasound, DMSA ...

Further analyses have also shown no differences in kidney outcomes. However, a new secondary analysis of the trial suggests one potential caveat — kidney stones, and more specifically ...

BOSTON -- After living kidney donation, projection of renal function may vary by gender, a retrospective cohort study of 174,311 living kidney donors suggested. Over a median 6.7 months ...

Eleanor Rivera receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. She is affiliated with the National Kidney Foundation and the Department of Veterans Affairs. For a disease afflicting 35.5 ...

April 15 (UPI) --A patient with end-stage kidney disease successfully received a genetically engineered porcine kidney and was released from the hospital in February, according to biotech firm ...

Patients undergoing kidney transplantation in regions with the highest heat indexes show increased rates of kidney function decline and major adverse kidney events (MAKEs) compared with recipients ...

Towana Looney's transplanted pig kidney was removed after 130 days due to rejection. This was the longest a human had survived with a pig kidney transplant. She has returned to dialysis and awaits ...

Oral infections are more likely to occur in people with chronic kidney disease and are more likely to become a significant problem. Proper dental care also benefits people on dialysis or those ...

An Alabama woman living with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had it removed after her body began to reject it. Towana Looney from Gadsden, Ala., returned home following her April 4 surgery at ...

Proper hydration is essential for preventing kidney stones, particularly for individuals who experience high fluid loss, such as those who work outside in the heat and sweat a lot. “Low-calorie fluid ...