The thresholds for kidney function currently used to diagnose chronic kidney disease (CKD) reflect a true increase in the ...

Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Senior Investigator in the Section on Genetics and Epidemiology at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, MA. To facilitate translational research on ...

The drug finerenone significantly slows the decline in kidney function in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who do ...

Biological differences exist between males and females in kidney structure and function, leading to sex heterogeneity in the presentation and outcomes of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and response to ...

Your kidneys serve many functions. In addition to filtering waste and fluid, they help control blood pressure, make red blood cells and vitamin D, and control your body’s acidity and its balance of ...

“Renal insufficiency” is a broad term for all stages of kidney impairment, including renal failure. “Renal failure,” however, can refer to a specific level of kidney decline. Feeling tired, ...

A fasting-mimicking diet (FMD) restored kidney function in a rodent model and promoted renoprotection in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) by reducing proteinuria and improving endothelial ...

In patients with chronic kidney disease, the loss of podocytes—part of the kidney's glomerular filtration barrier—causes irreversible disease progression. So far, physicians and researchers have found ...

The kidneys play a vital role in our body, filtering waste from the blood. Kidney health is crucial because kidneys filter waste and excess fluids from the blood, maintaining fluid and electrolyte ...