and kidney diseases. A very large kidney stone can also cause intrinsic damage to the kidney. This describes causes of kidney failure that are rooted in the urinary tract, which is where urine flows ...

In its early stages, kidney disease may not cause any symptoms or signs. However, as it progresses, it can cause symptoms such as itchy skin, pruritus, and a rash. Around 35.5 million adults in ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is marked by the gradual loss of kidney function, which means the kidneys cannot filter waste and regulate water and acid in the blood as well as they should. Early in the ...

It would be unusual for true PID to be caused by an ovarian cyst removal. Certainly after any operation there exists the small risk of infection, which can happen even despite impeccable care ...

German Shepard Puppy. Image by Negeyi via Unsplash. Dogs can smell diseases through specialized receptors in their noses. Particularly, these receptors detect chemical changes in human sweat, breath, ...

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Long-term complications include chronic kidney disease, kidney failure, cardiovascular morbidity, and an increased risk of death. Several strategies are available to prevent and treat AKI in specific ...

Researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have developed a gene-editing treatment for prion disease that extends lifespan by about 50% in a mouse model of the fatal neurodegenerative ...

1 Department of Nephrology and Institute of Nephrology, Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Sichuan Clinical Research ...