The terms renal failure and kidney failure are often used interchangeably, but they carry slightly different connotations. Both describe the same medical condition, a significant loss of kidney ...

Understanding your creatinine levels is important for monitoring kidney function. When you go for your yearly check-up, you'll likely have a routine blood test for creatinine. In some ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that even slight abnormalities in kidney function—within the normal ...

Your kidneys work tirelessly every day, filtering approximately 120 to 150 quarts of blood to produce about 1 to 2 quarts of urine. These vital organs remove waste products, excess water, and toxins ...

Exercising more frequently is associated with a significantly slower decline in measured glomerular filtration rate in a new ...

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 ...

Patients who underwent SABR for localized renal cell carcinoma had moderate rates of advanced CKD and dialysis initiation at 5 years, with no significant differences observed in these outcomes between ...