Acute kidney injury did not necessarily explain the study results. Hospitalized patients with reduced kidney function on admission who are discharged with apparently normal kidney function have ...

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 ...

Children born with a single kidney, known as unilateral renal agenesis (URA), often lead healthy lives due to the remaining kidney's ability to adapt and compensate. While rare, affecting about 1 in 1 ...

Your kidneys are pretty vital: They filter your blood and get rid of the waste in the body through urine. They’re also responsible for helping to regulate your blood pressure, producing red blood ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In an analysis of 4,763 adults in China with normal kidney function at baseline, the presence of high depressive ...

New findings complement previous research showing no renoprotective effect of urate-lowering therapy in patients with chronic kidney disease. Urate-lowering therapy (ULT) for hyperuricemia in patients ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Male living kidney donors with normal blood pressure pre-donation had higher risk for kidney function decline vs ...