Some research supports statin use for people with kidney disease or kidney failure and heart disease. Other research recommends caution for those with kidney issues. Heart disease is a major cause ...

Anemia is more common in later-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD), with diabetes and dialysis increasing the risk. Treating the underlying cause can improve symptoms and quality of life.

Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) is used for diagnosing lung cancer and certain inflammatory lung diseases that cannot be confirmed with standard imaging tests. The procedure can also help determine ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is defined as a progressive loss of renal function that lasts for more than 3 months, and is classified according to the degree of kidney damage – measured by the le ...

Along with a physical exam and a family medical history, your doctor may use several tests to help them diagnose kidney cysts. These include: Imaging tests, such as ultrasound, magnetic resonance ...

OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the validity and reliability of ultrasonography measurement of rectus femoris cross-sectional area compared to computed tomography in patients in pre-dialysis chronic kidney ...

SINGAPORE - More than 2,000 high-risk individuals have been screened for chronic kidney disease (CKD) at a GP clinic under a screening programme that started in March this year, and nearly 17 per ...

The proposed approach uses an ultrasound piezoelectric transducer glued to the bottom of a circular glass plate. A regular polystyrene cell culture dish is placed on top of the glass plate ...

To uncover the circuit architecture of beta oscillations, we leverage normative brain data, analysing over 30 hours of invasive brain signals from 1772 channels from cortical areas in epilepsy ...

Kidneys have the important job of cleaning waste and extra fluids from your blood, balancing your body’s fluids, and even controlling blood pressure. For people with kidney disease, eating the right ...

Conventional treatment with phosphate supplements and vitamin D analogs may lead to hypercalciuria (HC), nephrocalcinosis (NC) and hyperparathyroidism ... All patients were referred to kidney ...