Penn researchers are developing a blood test to predict kidney disease risk in Black Americans, who face disproportionately high rates.
More than 37 million American adults are living with kidney disease and most don’t know it. Those with kidney disease tend ...
Awareness Day, a day established by the American Kidney Fund (AKF) to encourage others to be “APOL1 Aware” by educating ...
A mandatory CMS pay-for-performance model aimed at boosting home dialysis and kidney transplant rates showed no meaningful ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Testing for kidney function can help identify chronic kidney disease early enough to intervene. PIXOLOGICSTUDIO/Science Photo ...
Kidney disease can cause facial swelling, itchiness, and blisters. Symptoms can depend on the stage of kidney disease. Uremic leontiasis ossea is a rare and severe complication of advanced kidney ...
Kidney disease is greatly underdiagnosed and undertreated in the United States, but recent initiatives aim to change that, ...
At the FSED meeting, investigators highlight SGLT2 inhibitors, finerenone, and GLP-1 or GIP agents as promising strategies to ...
Our kidneys, vital for filtering waste and maintaining fluid balance, often go unnoticed until problems arise, particularly as we age. Like many bodily functions, kidney performance can naturally ...
In the current study, investigators aimed to assess longitudinal trends in kidney disease-related deaths and temperature in the US. They analyzed data from the 2010-2020 US Centers for Disease Control ...
Kidney failure refers to when a person’s kidney function drops significantly. Sudden kidney failure is acute kidney injury (AKI) and can cause death in extreme cases. Healthy kidneys filter waste and ...