Wearable technologies are starting to reshape how people manage health. Continuous glucose monitors that measure blood sugar ...

B-type natriuretic peptide shows a graded association with decline in kidney function in individuals with diabetes, even at concentrations ≤ 18.4 pg/mL, which are conventionally considered normal.

Jacqueline Garonzik Wang, M.D. As kidney transplant wait times continue to grow nationwide, the University of Alabama at ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects nearly 36 million people. “CKD is a real public health crisis, and one that’s steadily rising,” said Merlin Thomas, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D., FRACP, a professor of ...

This week, the FDA flexed its regulatory authority to approve the first medicine to treat focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, ...

A prespecified analysis of the NOAH-AFNET 6 trial investigated the impact of kidney function on cardiovascular outcome in ...

The human body can survive weeks without food, but only days without water. Yet millions of people walk around in a state of chronic dehydration, completely unaware that their kidneys are slowly ...

A new blood test can identify which individuals of African ancestry carrying high-risk APOL1 gene variants are most likely to develop kidney failure, years before clinical disease becomes apparent.

April is National Donate Life Month, and few people understand the value of that kind of gift more than April Post of Normal, ...