Unintentional weight loss prior to kidney transplant evaluation may be linked to lower listing odds and higher waitlist mortality for frail patients with obesity, a study found.“Almost all transplant ...

The following is a summary of “Treating chronic kidney disease in Danish primary care: results from the observational ATLAS study,” published in the February 2025 issue of BMC Primary Care by ...

Researchers have demonstrated the feasibility of a morphological-based approach to interpreting spatial transcriptomic (ST) ...

About 90% of U.S. adults meet the criteria for a newly recognized syndrome that comes from a combination of heart disease, ...

You may need this test if your provider thinks you have a blockage or narrowing in the blood vessels. This scan can also be used to diagnose: The amount of functioning kidney disease. Blood flow to ...

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is defined as severe irreversible kidney damage, measured by the level of proteinuria and a reduction in the glomerular filtration rate to ˂15 ml/min/1.73 m2, that ...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Health and research company, Care Access, is making its Heart & Kidney Health Screening initiative ... increases the risk of heart disease and stroke.

Objective To systematically identify and describe self-management interventions for adult patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD ... Three reviewers (BK, MD and BH) performed an initial screen of ...

we developed the FRONTIER Executive Screen (FES), which combines three abbreviated measures of verbal fluency, inhibitory control and working memory. Methods We administered the FES to 28 patients ...

It also reduced the risk of kidney failure and cut the risk of death from heart disease by about 5% in adults with both type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, the company said in a news release.

A team led by Dr. Erik Larson, vice chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences, has uncovered the cause of a common kidney disease after eight years of research, a news release from WMed said.