Radiologic techniques can be used to assess gross renal morphology, but morphological changes at this level show poor correlation with renal function and the changes over time are often nonspecific ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In the United States, the annual rate of growth in incident patients with end-stage kidney disease has slowed.

People with impaired kidney function have higher levels of Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in their blood. At the same time, ...

Blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease are rapidly moving into clinics, promising earlier and easier detection of brain changes ...

• Compared to heart transplantation, left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation with this new device resulted in significantly improved renal function in patients with pre-existing renal ...

Reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR) — a key measure of reduced kidney function and chronic kidney disease (CKD) — is an independent risk factor for renal and urothelial cancer but not other ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Decreased kidney function, as well as a sharper decline in kidney function, correlated with the development of ...

Heart failure patients treated with finerenone (Kerendia; Bayer AG) are more likely to have an early decline in kidney function than those treated with placebo, but the decline should not be construed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lipi Roy writes about addiction, mental health and entertainment. Outside the respiratory system, the kidneys are among the ...