About 90% of U.S. adults meet the criteria for a newly recognized syndrome that comes from a combination of heart disease, ...

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

• Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1) (medicines used to lower blood glucose) probably reduce the risk of death due to any cause but may have little or no death due to a heart attack in ...

We all have them -- or at least one and need the kidney to survive. These vital organs serve as your body's way of getting ...

A new thesis from Karolinska Institutet aims to advance our understanding of the bidirectional relationship between ...

A spirometry test is one way to distinguish the type of lung disease. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are both long-term lung conditions. They’re part of a disorder known as chronic obstructive ...

While completing your taxes is no easy feat, especially since tax codes change yearly and vary from person to person, you don't have to be completely in the dark with this cheat sheet. The ...

Objective To systematically identify and describe self-management interventions for adult patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Setting Community-based. Participants Adults with CKD stages 1–5 ...

Almost 36 million Americans have chronic kidney disease or CKD, and 9 out of 10 of those people don’t know they have it. Most people have a pair of kidneys, which are organs located below the ribs ...

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.