Finerenone, Sotagliflozin Benefit HF Despite Renal Dysfunction On 2021-11-16 New analyses of trial results for the cardiorenal agents finerenone and sotagliflozin continued the pattern showing that they exert consistent […]
Too many donor kidneys are discarded in U.S. before transplantation On 2020-12-16 When kidneys are removed from deceased organ donors in the United States, they are often subjected to “procurement biopsies” and […]
Studies provide more evidence that coronavirus damages the kidneys On 2020-05-14 One-third of hospitalized coronavirus patients have kidney damage and high levels of the virus in the organs, two studies reveal […]
Man with back pain finds out he has 3 kidneys On 2020-05-07 When a Brazilian man went to the doctor complaining of low-back pain, his doctors got a surprise: They discovered that […]
New MRI computing technique can spot scar muscles of heart without damaging kidneys On 2019-08-28 3-D MRI computing can measure strain in the heart using image registration method. Traditional method involves giving the patient a […]
Woman dies after BOTH kidneys wrongly removed for cancer misdiagnosis On 2019-02-07 Healthy grandmother dies after doctors wrongly removed BOTH her kidneys after misdiagnosing her with cancer Linda Woolley, of Englewood, Colorado, […]
Why polluted air may be a threat to your kidneys On 2018-08-24 There is good evidence that polluted air increases the risk of respiratory problems such as asthma—as well as organ inflammation, […]
Blood samples used to investigate adaptive repair mechanisms of transplanted kidneys On 2018-08-02 Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have shown that gene expression analysis of blood samples taken from the recipients […]