Diabetes remains the leading cause of chronic kidney disease in the United States, affecting nearly 40 percent of adults living with the condition. When blood sugar levels stay elevated over time, the ...
Adults with prediabetes were more than twice as likely as those with normal glucose levels to experience a faster decline in kidney function over time, according to new data from a long-term ...
Experts say we’re in a golden age for treating chronic kidney disease, with new drugs like Ozempic yielding major results. Will dialysis and organ transplants become a thing of the past? A healthy ...
• A pig kidney with just one genetic modification functioned in a human for 61 days before being removed as planned, more than doubling previous survival records for animal-to-human transplants. • The ...
Record numbers of men and women globally are now estimated to have reduced kidney function, a new study shows. Figures rose from 378 million people with the disease in 1990 to 788 million in 2023 as ...
A long-term follow-up study from a consortium of six European countries, coordinated by the department of Surgery of the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) shows that, even 10 years after ...
1 Department of Nephrology, the 95th Hospital of Putian in China RongTong Medical Health Corporation, Putian, China 2 Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, the 95th Hospital of Putian in China ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hydroxychloroquine was associated with improved kidney function for patients with lupus nephritis. Patients and ...
A new study found an association between hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) use and early and long-term benefits on kidney function in people with lupus nephritis, (LN, lupus-related kidney disease). HCQ (known ...
Unvaccinated patients were 5.54 times more likely to die in the hospital. Patients vaccinated against COVID-19 who caught the virus -- and were hospitalized with reduced kidney function -- had better ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Overall, 90% of living donors had non-indexed and body surface area indexed mGFR measurements above recommended ...
Statins, which are prescription drugs that can reduce cholesterol levels and lower the risk for heart disease, don’t affect kidney function, new research shows. Investigators found that taking a ...