The global rise in obesity and diabetes has led to a parallel increase in CKD and end-stage kidney disease. Metabolic alterations such as insulin ...

Salt, sugar, and processed foods may be silently harming your kidneys. Experts reveal how these everyday dietary habits increase the risk of kidney damage, high blood pressure, and chronic disease—and ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Can you say more about potassium and chronic kidney disease (CKD)? I have stage 3 CKD with a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in the mid-40s. I like to have a banana for breakfast; is ...

New research on ultra-processed foods unveils their impact on cardiovascular disease risk. People who ate nine servings of ultra-processed foods per day experienced a 67% increased risk of ...

Researchers at UC Davis School of Medicine have uncovered how an imbalanced gut microbiome escalates the production of metabolic byproducts by certain gut bacteria. This imbalance drives a feedback ...

R1 Therapeutics is debuting with an oversubscribed $77.5 million series A financing aimed at advancing its first-in-class therapy for chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients on dialysis with high ...

This article is part of “Innovations In: Kidney Disease,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex. More than one in seven people in the U.S. have ...

This article is part of “Innovations In: Kidney Disease,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex. The global burden of chronic kidney disease ...

Fabry disease is a rare, X-linked genetic lysosomal storage disorder caused by a deficient enzyme called alpha-galactosidase A. Without it, a fatty substance called globotriaosylceramide, or GL-3, ...

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A closer examination of the APOL1 gene in Black patients with kidney disease can provide more accurate diagnoses than current protocols, a new study from researchers at Columbia University Vagelos ...

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