The results of two large-scale studies demonstrate that sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors significantly ...

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Dear Doctors: My father has diabetes and high blood pressure. Sometimes he fails to follow medical care for these diseases. Now his level of creatinine has reached 2.6 mg/dL, which is very high. He is ...

In diabetic kidney disease, fat accumulates in the kidneys, leading to lipotoxicity and kidney damage. A recently published ...

A mismatch between two common tests for kidney function may indicate a higher risk for kidney failure, heart disease, and ...

A rapid multidisciplinary approach is needed to reduce serum free light chain levels and restore kidney function ...

Kidneys are vital organs responsible for filtering waste products, including creatinine, from the blood. Creatinine is a byproduct of muscle metabolism and serves as a key indicator of kidney function ...

Type 1 diabetes patients with elevated albumin in their urine had three times the risk of life-threatening kidney and cardiac disease as those with normal levels, according to researchers at the ...

Otsuka Pharmaceutical’s kidney disease drug has hit the primary endpoint of a phase 3 trial by demonstrating in an interim analysis the reduction of patients’ urine protein-to-creatine ratio (UPCR) ...

Dear Doctors: I read that there’s a big new study that lists some of the most common risk factors for developing dementia at an early age. I would like to know more about it. How was it done, and what ...