Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Healthy kidneys filter and remove waste products and extra fluid from your blood, which are then excreted through your urine. They ...

A common constipation drug may have unexpectedly unlocked a new way to slow chronic kidney disease — a condition that affects ...

Weaning patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) from dialysis while they are still hospitalized may save them from remaining on the treatment for the rest of their lives, according to a new study led ...

SINGAPORE, 1 February 2023 – In a world first, scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School, the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) and colleagues in Germany have shown that regenerative therapy to ...

Known by the name rilparencel or REACT®, this investigational renal autologous cell therapy is designed to leverage a patient’s own kidney cells to preserve and potentially restore kidney function in ...

Kidney disease affects one in nine adults globally and the incidence of kidney failure is steadily rising around the world. Being able to grow working kidney tissue in a laboratory could help ...

A fasting-mimicking diet may promote renoprotection by reducing proteinuria and improving endothelial function. Cycles of controlled fasting may promote regeneration of podocytes in patients with ...

A less intensive dialysis strategy is feasible for stable patients with acute kidney injury, but warrants further testing. A conservative vs conventional approach to hemodialysis may help ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains ...

Kidney failure is often seen as a permanent condition, but the reality is more nuanced. In some cases, kidney function can improve or stabilise, especially when the problem is detected early and ...

Scientists have made a remarkable breakthrough in kidney research. In a paper published in the journal Communications Biology, a team of researchers at Kyoto University led by Ramin Sadeghian present ...

Current gaps in the management of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis include treatment-associated morbidity and mortality risk. Here, the authors examine research findings on ...