In patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and obesity, tirzepatide improved clinical outcomes compared ...

Results from the SUMMIT trial suggest that tirzepatide is as effective in preventing heart failure events in those with ...

On the occasion of World Kidney Day, Manipal Hospital Millers Road, hosted an awareness session to highlight the growing ...

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) affects approximately 15% of U.S. adults and as many as 9 in 10 with CKD are unaware they have ...

Globally, the rate of death from chronic kidney disease increased 24% from 1990 to 2021, according to statistics published by ...

Novartis' Fabhalta has become the first treatment approved by the FDA for the ultra-rare kidney disease C3G. But analysts ...

The estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is a blood test to assess kidney function. The formula for calculating eGFR takes the patient’s body size, age, and sex into account to predict ...

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 ...

Black Americans face four times higher risk of kidney disease, with thousands undiagnosed due to healthcare gaps. Experts ...

In a 2024 clinical practice guideline issued by the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) organization, a ...

Dr MKO AbimbolaEnd-stage kidney dis­ease is the last stage (5th stage) of chronic kid­ney disease (CKD). ESRD is also called kidney fail­ure, which develops when the treatment of CKD is either delayed ...