I have a good friend who is almost 77 years old. He was a heavy smoker until about 14 years ago. He decided to quit smoking and used ...

Treatment of CKD, particularly at its advanced stage - ESRD (end-stage renal disease), consumes a huge proportion of health ...

On November 25, 53-year-old Towana Looney became just the third living person to receive a pig kidney in an experimental ...

With Novo Nordisk’s name already synonymous with treatments for diabetes and obesity, the Danish drugmaker has been making a ...

When people think of kidney disease, they often focus on its effects on filtering blood, managing fluid levels, and balancing ...

In the U.S., atrial fibrillation (AF), a heart condition that causes an irregular heartbeat in the upper chambers of the ...

Background and aims: The immune system plays a crucial role in the development of kidney diseases. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) can lead to various complications, potentially affecting multiple ...

In the U.S., atrial fibrillation (AF), a heart condition that causes an irregular heartbeat in the upper chambers of the heart, affects up to one in three people in their lifetime. Significant ...

Keith Ferdinand, MD, professor of medicine, Gerald S. Berenson Chair in Preventative Cardiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, discusses the interconnected condition of ...

People with MASLD can progress to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma and are at increased risk of developing type 2 ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is defined as a progressive loss of renal function that lasts for more than 3 months, and is classified according to the degree of kidney damage – measured by the le ...

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD), the most common cause of chronic kidney disease, is primarily caused by metabolic dysfunction, likely due to mitochondrial abnormalities. In 2024, several studies ...