Identifying patients at risk of end-stage renal disease ... of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and albuminuria is the best prognostic predictor of chronic kidney disease (CKD ...

Learn how chronic kidney disease and diabetes accelerate heart risk, with new research revealing early warning signs.

Lithium is associated with an increased risk for thyroid dysfunction and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients with incident bipolar disorder (BD), according to a study published online Feb.

Kidney disease itself is relatively common, affecting an estimated 2.4% of U.S. adults. Renal failure may develop in some people who have chronic kidney disease (CKD). Diabetes, high blood ...

Many older people develop chronic kidney disease and ... changes in two important indicators of kidney function — estimated glomerular filtration rate and urine albumin-to-creatinine (protein ...

During follow-up (21 ± four years), six criteria of progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) were studied. The researchers ...

Denmark: A recent study published in the Journal of Diabetes and its Complications has explored the role of kidney fat ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved Ozempic for treating patients with chronic kidney disease on Tuesday, marking the latest authorized use for Novo Nordisk’s popular drug known for ...

defined as onset of persistent 50% or greater reduction in eGFR according to the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation compared with baseline, onset of persistent ...

Investigators compared the outcomes of patients with type 2 diabetes who continued versus stopped metformin after progressing to stage 4 chronic kidney disease.

It also reduced the risk of kidney failure and cut the risk of death from heart disease by about 5% in adults with both type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, the company said in a news release.

"The data supports the kidney safety of statins in older adults with or without chronic kidney disease," the authors write. They suggest that "the decision to use a statin for other indications ...