Kristin Weiland is a documentary film producer and writer with a background in crisis management and ethnographic research. She specializes in investigative and social impact documentary projects, and ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 73-year-old female. A recent blood test returned an eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate) of 59. My physician’s nurse told me that the test was normal. When I asked her ...

SAN DIEGO -- Patients with Clostridium difficile infection and underlying impaired renal function who were treated with fidaxomicin fared better than those given vancomycin, a researcher said here.

The oliguric phase of acute renal failure (ARF) is characterized by abnormally low urine output, signaling impaired kidney function. Oliguria in ARF may result from reduced kidney blood flow, direct ...