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 ...

Doctors often use 'renal failure' and 'kidney failure' interchangeably, both signifying a critical loss of kidney function. While 'renal' stems from Latin for kidneys and is common in medical jargon, ...

Adults with prediabetes experience a faster decline in kidney function than those with normal glucose, highlighting the need ...

Diabetes affects how the body uses glucose, also known as blood sugar. It can mean that there is too much sugar in the blood.

A randomized, controlled, nonblinded trial found that nutritional treatment with supportive education could help improve renal function in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). A study published ...

Background Interstitial fibrosis in lupus nephritis (LN) is often infiltrated by immune cells but typically regarded as ...

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) do not appear to worsen kidney function compared with the histamine 2 receptor blocker ranitidine based on two measures, a large cohort study from Spain finds. In fact, ...

A new study finds even if renal function is restored, patients who have severe renal impairment when diagnosed with multiple myeloma have lower overall survival rates. Severe renal impairment (RI) is ...

Ascendis Pharma A/S (Nasdaq: ASND) today announced that a new pooled analysis showed sustained and clinically meaningful ...