“Probably one of the most important reasons why people form stones is dehydration,” Kirkali says. When urine is too concentrated, minerals can build up and form stones. “I can’t over-emphasize the ...

Clinicians should continue to monitor UACR or UPCR in at-risk children. During periods of rapid growth such as puberty, children with low GFR may show rapid decline in kidney function. Puberty is a ...

The shares are being offered by Akebia pursuant to a shelf registration statement that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on September 3, 2024 and declared effective by the ...

Among patients with renal cell carcinoma, those with larger tumors may yield the most benefit from SBRT compared with other ...

Significant progress was made in 2024, including refining the Phase 3 program to accelerate rilparencel’s path to market in the U.S., the release ...

While men do tend to have physically larger kidneys, researchers aren’t entirely sure if this difference holds up once body ...

A team from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), belonging to the ...

Mars has always captured human imagination with its striking red hues and mysterious landscapes. Recent images from NASA’s ...

March is National Kidney Month, a time to filter the facts and focus on spreading important information about your kidneys, ...

Kidney stones are formed when substances such as calcium, oxalate and phosphate — which are normally dissolved in urine — become too concentrated and crystalize. A stone the size of a grain of ...

Your kidney function test results are a measure of how well your kidneys are working to filter your blood and remove excess water and waste from the body. For example, the estimated glomerular ...

Background and aims: Ferroptosis, a novel concept of programmed cell death proposed in 2012, in kidney disease, has garnered significant attention based on evidence of abnormal iron deposition and ...