Kidney disease can cause significant hair loss. Waste buildup and nutrient imbalances weaken hair follicles. Patients may experience thinning, dryness, breakage, and even bald patches. Anemia and ...

Fish delivers protein, and when you choose a fatty fish like tuna, salmon or trout, you're also getting omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 fats may help reduce fat levels (triglycerides) in the blood and ...

A simple blood test could reveal kidney disease earlier so more can be done to halt progression, while also allowing better ...

At every moment, your kidneys are working hard to keep you alive and healthy. Shannon Horning/ SciTech Editor While you are drinking, running, sleeping, or simply breathing, two loyal organs at ...

If future studies confirm the rescued receptors work normally, the study offers a new roadmap for rare disease drug development.

A research effort led by scientists from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC) has led to the development of more mature and complex lab-grown kidney progenitor ...

This story is republished from STAT, the health and medicine news site that’s a partner to the Globe. Sign up for STAT’s free Morning Rounds newsletter here. DOVER, N.H. — Not long after he woke from ...

University of Florence–led investigators report that estrogen-regulated renal progenitor cells shape pregnancy adaptation in mice with failure of estrogen receptor alpha signaling precipitating ...

In this Ask The Professor Q&A, David St-Jules, a registered dietitian and assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition, and Dr. John Westhoff, associate professor in the School of Medicine and ...

Source: Getty Images Experts weigh in on the current promise and potential medical hurdles of xenotransplantation. The relentless efforts to expand the availability of transplantable kidneys are ...

In the lab, it’s easier to grow simple balls of cells than complex asymmetrical structures with two distinct ends—like the one million filtering units, or nephrons, that make up a human kidney. But ...

Background We examined whether impaired kidney function, identified through elevated levels of urine albumin to creatinine ratio (UACR) or reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), is ...