and phosphorus when you have kidney disease can help slow or stop disease progression. You'll also need to restrict protein unless you're on dialysis. Healthy kidneys regulate the body’s mineral and ...

Six-month open-label study showed clinically meaningful improvements in kidney function and disease in patients with ... 37.5% had increased urinary VEGF levels, suggesting better blood vessel ...

A repurposed anti-cancer drug, Cilengitide, was found to reduce kidney scarring and slow disease progression in preclinical models, suggesting a possible precision medicine approach for high-risk ...

Researchers have identified in a new study that patients with renal failure undergoing chronic kidney replacement therapy (KRT), such as dialysis or kidney transplantation, are at high risk of ...

Deb's team is now working to establish a blood test to measure Col5a1 levels in human patients with chronic kidney disease to establish a clinical threshold for identifying at-risk individuals.

The kidney failure risk equation (KRFE) helps predict a person’s risk of kidney failure. Doctors may use it to guide treatment decisions for people with mid to late stage chronic kidney disease ...

Two significant programs that invested in research on diabetes, dementia, obesity and kidney disease have ended since the start of the Trump administration. By Gina Kolata Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

According to attorney Peter Meinecke, Pacheco came to the United States in 2022 and applied for asylum, which is still pending. He learned of his kidney disease a year later and has been receiving ...

Elevated serum creatinine levels often signal impaired kidney function, commonly resulting from conditions such as chronic kidney disease (CKD), dehydration or acute kidney injury (AKI). Traditionally ...

Diabetes is a leading cause of kidney failure. High blood glucose levels can damage the kidneys and reduce their ability to remove waste products from the bloodstream. If the kidneys sustain too ...

For patients with polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a common genetic disorder that ravages the waste-removing organ with cysts, dialysis and transplantation are among the only treatments.