Medically reviewed by Matthew Wosnitzer, MD Key Takeaways An eGFR below 60 ml/min indicates possible kidney disease. High ...
Chronic kidney disease can quietly reshape a life long before the first lab test comes back abnormal. More than 700 million ...
British researchers successfully developed kidney tissue inside of mice using human stem cells, according to a study published in the journal Stem Cell Reports. To produce the kidney tissue, ...
Diabetic kidney disease affects a growing proportion of people with diabetes and remains the leading cause of end-stage renal ...
Scarring is one of the biggest problems in chronic kidney disease. When the kidneys are damaged over time, scar tissue builds up and slowly replaces the healthy tissue that keeps the kidneys working.
Kidney failure is a significant health problem that affects millions of people worldwide. In the past, treating kidney diseases was tough, with treatments often complex and challenging for patients.
Heart failure patients treated with finerenone (Kerendia; Bayer AG) are more likely to have an early decline in kidney function than those treated with placebo, but the decline should not be construed ...
Credit: Getty Images This month’s case involves 2 clinicians who assumed that if blood work had been normal in the past, it would remain normal. A truism about life is that you must always expect the ...