Doctors revealed Sunday that blood tests for Pope Francis, the 88-year-old pontiff who has been hospitalized since ...

If kidney disease has damaged the kidneys, they cannot filter blood as usual. Like other symptoms ... extremely dry skin that may feel tight and look scaly or cracked skin lesions, scratch ...

The result can indicate how well a person’s kidneys are working. A higher than normal level of BUN may point to kidney failure. Urea nitrogen is a waste product the body creates as it breaks ...

Acute kidney failure requires immediate treatment to prevent permanent long-term kidney damage. Treatment options like ...

Beyond the kidneys, the disease also impacts the liver, pancreas and blood vessels. “Over time, the kidneys will shut down,” Vanden Heuvel said. Treatments like dialysis or a kidney transplant ...

Now, there's a new benefit to taking Ozempic: It may help manage chronic kidney disease ... like Ozempic for managing type 2 diabetes and shedding pounds. But have you ever wondered what Ozempic ...

As kidney disease treatments have improved, so too has the outlook for people with lupus and this complication. But there’s still no cure for lupus. Complications like cardiovascular disease and ...

James Collins donated a kidney to help ... from a living donor like Mr Collins offered the best chance of successful transplant for people with end-stage kidney disease. “The more people who ...

The research offers hope to tens of thousands of patients with kidney failure who are on a long waiting list for an organ transplant. By Roni Caryn Rabin The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ...

A Phase 3 clinical trial found that injections of the semaglutide medication once weekly reduced the risk of kidney disease worsening ... treatments. “It does help clinicians with their decision ...