Kidney

Skilled nursing facilities play a vital throughput role in our nation’s healthcare system, but that role is increasingly tested by their ability to support a rapidly growing population of dialysis patients....

People with acute kidney injury who need outpatient dialysis after getting out of the hospital are often put on dialysis indefinitely — something that could put them at unnecessary risk for other problems, 

When taken together, commonly indicated drugs may lead to acute kidney injury in susceptible patients with high blood pressure, a new study finds.

Dietitians and nephrologists only communicated sometimes on kidney nutrition care in 60 percent or more of countries

Secondary analysis of randomized trial shows no difference in progression of KDIGO risk scores with daily vitamin D versus placebo

An estimated 24 million Americans with chronic kidney disease are candidates for intensive blood pressure control under new guidelines from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes, say Johns Hopkins...

Newer classes of diabetes drugs reliably protect patients from heart and kidney damage associated with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, an American Heart Association analysis finds. Increased...

Clinicians should look beyond respiratory symptoms in suspected flu cases, and consider early antiviral treatment, say investigators.

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Passing kidney stones could become faster and less painful with a new two-drug combination, researchers report.