Many people try to urinate "just in case" before heading out the door or sitting down to watch a movie. While that's fine ...

Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is a progressive inherited disorder that causes many cysts, not just fluid filled cysts, to form in the kidneys and ultimately impair their function.

The effects on both A1c and body weight of both doses were statistically significant for the overall study population and subgroup 1 (normal kidney function). In subgroup 2, the effect on body ...

Abstract Objective: To evaluate hypothalamic-pi- tuitary-gonadal (HPG) axis alterations at 1 and 12 months after kidney transplan- tation (KT) and their association with in- sulin resistance. Methods: ...

SuoquanYishen formula improves renal cellular senescence by inhibiting YTHDF1-Rubicon axis to promote autophagy in diabetic kidney disease Zijie Yan 1 † Lin Zhang 1 † Tianpeng Ma 1 † Yong Yuan 2 Yu ...

Patients with no previous history of kidney stones had a minor risk reduction on chlorthalidone (HR = 0.81; 95% CI, 0.65-1.01), whereas patients with a history had a significant risk increase (HR ...

Age: Kidney function typically declines with age. However, among those with CKD, younger people may be more likely to reach kidney failure faster. Sex: CKD is more common among females than males.

“To have a kidney last that long is fantastic,” says Dr. Deborah B. Adey, medical director of the UCSF transplant program. “We see it. We celebrate it. It just isn’t the norm.

When you Google chronic kidney disease (CKD), you’ll find numerous articles suggesting that CKD has many causes, including: High BP Diabetes Obesity Heart disease Other cardiovascular diseases ...

A Long Island special education teacher says she didn't think twice about donating her kidney to a colleague she barely knew. Now, they're bonded for life. Maggie Goodman and Thomas Coveney both ...

A young and healthy teacher from Long Island gladly donated her kidney to an unfamiliar colleague in dire need, all out of an ambition to do good as a “bucket list” item. James Messerschmidt ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 8% to 16% of the population worldwide 1 and contributes significantly to the global burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD). 2 In particular, CKD is strongly linked ...