Medically reviewed by Matthew Wosnitzer, MD Key Takeaways An eGFR below 60 ml/min indicates possible kidney disease. High ...

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 ...

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 ...

Data from a 10-year follow-up study showed declining kidney function is significantly associated with dementia risk among older adults. Previous research has indicated cognitive impairment is common ...

A new study published in the journal Neurology has found that people with poor kidney function tend to have higher levels of Alzheimer’s-related proteins in their blood. However, this does not mean ...

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, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . All-cause mortality was 28.3% during a mean of 1.2 years follow-up in the study cohort. Incidence rate of major ...

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.

Each year, thousands of infants in the United States end up in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) with acute kidney injury (AKI), a condition in which the kidneys falter in performing the critical ...

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 ...