The protocols offer a more accurate way to detect atherosclerosis and assess cardiovascular risk before symptoms appear, ...

Antenatal hydronephrosis is typically identified during routine ultrasound scans. It occurs due to a partial obstruction in the urinary tract or a reflux of urine back into the kidneys.

Eleanor Rivera receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. She is affiliated with the National Kidney Foundation and the Department of Veterans Affairs. For a disease afflicting 35.5 ...

It is important to go for regular screening to know the status of your kidney health (yearly urine routine, serum creatinine, and ultrasound of kidneys. Myth #4: Dialysis is the ultimate treatment ...

For those with kidney failure, the wait for a new kidney can take years. There are just not enough organs from deceased donors to fill the need. Fortunately, a person can live a healthy life with ...

The ER doctors checked everything out, including my kidneys. They told me that my spleen would heal—but unrelated to the accident, based on the scans, they suspected that I might have polycystic ...

To determine if these same mechanisms translated to kidney injury, Deb and his team began analyzing data from the UK Biobank, a long-term study tracking more than 1.5 million people. They ...

ALABAMA - Doctors have had to remove the pig kidney implanted in an American woman after her body rejected it, but her four months living with the animal's organ set a record, the hospital that ...

A kidney transplant patient has died in Ohio after receiving an organ infected with rabies. The recipient received care in Lucas County, Ohio, in December 2024, the Toledo-Lucas County Health ...

DENVER (KDVR) — One in seven U.S. adults has kidney disease, according to the National Kidney Foundation. A new partnership is hoping to bring kidney screenings right to people who need them.