Abnormalities in left ventricular structure but not function precede the onset of clinical heart failure (HF) in individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD), say researchers of a new study. Meyeon ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Interaction of heart disease with kidney disease may be present at subclinical stages. Echocardiographic ...

How can long-term space flight influence astronaut health, and specifically their organs? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes to address as a large team of ...

June 5, 2009 (Boston, Massachusetts) — A phase 3 study of belatacept vs cyclosporine (CsA) shows that at 1 year, belatacept appears to be associated with better preservation of renal function and ...

Children born with a single kidney, known as unilateral renal agenesis (URA), often lead healthy lives due to the remaining ...

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have identified a key mechanism underlying proteinuria – excess protein in the urine which signifies a breakdown in the kidney’s filtering process.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We report on kidney structure and function in subterranean mammals of four chromosomal species (2n = 52, 54, 58 and 60) belonging to the ...

Adverse changes in the heart’s structure and function are common in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD), warranting mitigating therapies.

The kidneys are responsible for filtering waste products, main­taining fluid and electrolyte balance, regulating blood pressure, and con­tributing to overall physiological stability. When these ...

Your kidneys are the small but mighty organs that cleanse your body of waste and keep you alive. They weigh in at only about 10 to 12 ounces each, but each day they filter about 150 quarts of blood, ...

A loss of salt and body fluid can stimulate kidney regeneration and repair in mice, according to a NIH-funded study led by USC Stem Cell scientist Janos Peti-Peterdi and published in The Journal of ...