Seven years later — in a change remarkable for its sweep and speed — nearly all of the nation’s clinical labs have stopped using race in kidney function equations. Kidney specialists now ...

A year after the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Joint Task Force revised guidelines to remove the use of race in eGFR, many labs and pathologists were ...

Kidney failure is a significant health problem that affects millions of people worldwide. In the past, treating kidney diseases was tough, with treatments often complex and challenging for patients.

In chronic kidney disease, IL-11 activity can lead to scarring in the kidney and other organs including the heart, lungs, and liver. IL-11 activates a molecular cascade that causes inflammation, ...

There is potential there for a clinician to see a minor change in kidney function and overreact with discontinuation of the medication. Amanda Vest. Kittleson said this new analysis should let ...

“Worldwide, two million people are being treated with dialysis or transplantation for kidney failure, and sadly another two million die each year, unable to access these treatments,” said ...