As advances in medicine allow individuals to live longer, people are facing unique age-related health challenges. As they age, organs such as the kidneys become more susceptible to injury, and their ...

In patients with chronic kidney disease, the loss of podocytes—part of the kidney's glomerular filtration barrier—causes irreversible disease progression. So far, physicians and researchers have found ...

Background: Among patients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), proteinuria and kidney function decline may be associated with increased economic burden. This study aimed to provide current ...

Heart failure patients treated with finerenone (Kerendia; Bayer AG) are more likely to have an early decline in kidney function than those treated with placebo, but the decline should not be construed ...

A lower apixaban dose is indicated in patients with an eGFR less than 30 mL/min/1.73 m2, regardless of dialysis status. Impaired kidney function is the principal predictor of hemorrhage in patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Worse pretransplant cognitive function scores did not predict clinical outcomes. Better scores were ...

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 ...

A new study suggests incremental dialysis may preserve kidney function and improve quality of life without added risk. Read ...

In patients with impaired renal function or fast-deteriorating eGFR at baseline, lucerastat was associated with a marked ...

ProKidney Corp., a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in North Carolina, is developing a first-in-class cell therapy ...