Ammonia and Kidney Failure Study implicates an inability of a CKD patient's kidneys to excrete the daily acid load. Lower urinary ammonia excretion, a marker of an impaired ability of the kidneys to ...

In chronic kidney disease (CKD), increased levels of phosphorus induces vascular calcification, cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. 1 Data indicate that phosphorus is the main driver for ...

A reduction in urinary citrate levels may be the mechanism underlying the higher incidence of kidney stones in patients taking PPIs, according to investigators. Individuals who use proton pump ...

THE task of regulating acid–base balance in the body is shared by the lungs and the kidneys. Each day the lungs remove some 20 moles of carbon dioxide, and the kidneys excrete 40 to 80 mEq of ...

The incidence of calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis in the US has been increasing throughout the past three decades. Biopsy studies show that both calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis ...

Phase 1 data in healthy volunteers exceed expectations and support best-in-class potential, enabling Phase 2 advancement for ...

The number of patients with end-stage renal disease is increasing worldwide due to a shortage of donor organs. Researchers have recently succeeded in growing functional kidneys from human stem cells, ...

Read before the New England Branch of The American Urological Association, March 5. 1 BOSTON, Assistant in Genito-Urinary Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2 Chief of Genito-Urinary Department, ...

Drugs that inhibit a hormone that constricts blood vessels also help improve sodium excretion in blacks who hold onto too much sodium in the face of stress, investigators report. The drugs are ...

Phase 1 data in healthy volunteers exceed expectations and support best-in-class potential, enabling Phase 2 advancement for ...