Urine test may improve bladder cancer diagnosis and guide treatment decisions
A simple urine test devised by researchers at Stanford Medicine and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System can diagnose…
A simple urine test devised by researchers at Stanford Medicine and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System can diagnose…
A new study finds that embolization greatly reduces the risk of acute kidney injury and in-hospital mortality compared to nephrectomy…
Artificial intelligence (AI) models prioritize starkly different attributes than humans when making high-stakes decisions, and they don’t express indecision like…
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy promotes relatively rapid weight loss, reduces obesity-related health issues and improves eligibility for kidney transplantation for patients with advanced…
Researchers have shown that dangerous cysts, which form over time in polycystic kidney disease (PKD), can be prevented by a…
A systematic review of 35 years of global medical literature finds a spectrum of reasons why people sell kidneys. The…
Mass General Brigham was one of the first institutions to remove race as a variable in formulas used to estimate…
Among 35,864 United Kingdom residents, every one-year increase in retinal age, assessed by retinal microvasculature changes, was associated with a…
In a large cohort of patients with common forms of chronic kidney disease (CKD), researchers found that urine-to-plasma ratio of urea…
A new study led by Ochsner infectious diseases clinical pharmacist Kevin Lin, PharmD, was recently published in PLoS One, suggesting that…
New research has revealed elevated risks of death during the COVID-19 pandemic for both COVID-19–positive and other patients on hemodialysis…
Researchers linked meteorological history in New York State with data from over 1.1 million emergency room visits during 2005-2013 and…
This randomized trial recently published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD) found that a 12- month program of…
A recent clinical trial described in CJASN has examined the potential of vitamin D supplementation for protecting the kidney health…
A funny thing happened on the way to discovering how zinc impacts kidney stones – two different theories emerged, each…