Medically reviewed by Matthew Wosnitzer, MD Key Takeaways The main tests for kidney disease are an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) blood test and a urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) ...

INDICATION XPHOZAH (tenapanor), 30 mg BID, is indicated to reduce serum phosphorus in adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on dialysis as add-on therapy in patients who have an inadequate response ...

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IONS) partner Roche announced today late-breaking oral presentation data from the ongoing Phase 3 IMAgINATION study in adults with primary IgA nephropathy (IgAN) ...

New research indicates that certain individual- and neighborhood-level social determinants of health may increase the risk of ...

The marker appears on routine blood panels, yet the number can tell two very different stories about your health.

Introduction Acetazolamide improves sleep apnoea in people living at low altitude and newcomers ascending to high altitude.

Justin Lepri was diagnosed with stage 5 kidney failure weeks before his high school graduation supportnow.org Justin Lepri was diagnosed with stage 5 kidney failure weeks before his high school ...

NHANES 1999–2018 CKD adults (n=3965) showed 1163 deaths; RAR quartiles ranged from <2.93 to ≥3.45, enabling population-level risk stratification using ubiquitous tests. Each SD increase in RAR was ...

LOWER levels of free triiodothyronine within the normal thyroid range are associated with diabetic kidney disease in people with Type 2 diabetes, a new study has found. The results suggest that ...

A new American Heart Association scientific statement encourages equitable access to kidney care, sex-specific research analyses and more to improve women’s kidney health Diagnosis of women’s chronic ...

A mysterious form of kidney disease that has devastated young to middle-aged agricultural workers in Central America and South Asia appears to have surfaced in Texas. Known as chronic kidney disease ...

A mysterious form of kidney disease that has devastated young to middle-aged agricultural workers in Central America and South Asia appears to have surfaced in Texas. Known as chronic kidney disease ...