For a disease afflicting 35.5 million people in the U.S., chronic kidney disease flies under the radar. Only half the people who have it are formally diagnosed. The consequences of advanced ...

Surgical face masks help prevent the spread of airborne pathogens and therefore were ubiquitous during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Among patients with diabetic foot ulcer, those with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) fare worse than those with earlier stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Study findings were presented in a poster ...

You may notice swelling of your hands, feet and ankles as well as muscle cramps. It can affect our face and skin too, causing ...

The global burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is rising, with more than 800 million people affected worldwide. Vascular diseases in patients with CKD are unique and grouped as uremic vascular ...

For the first time ever, Guatemala is calling for the 78th World Health Assembly, taking place from May 19 to 27, 2025, to adopt a resolution that reduces the burden of non-communicable diseases ...

Itching, or pruritus, is a common symptom in people with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) and those undergoing hemodialysis. You may also hear this referred to as CKD-associated pruritus or ...

The Task Force assembles leading Texas nephrologists, nurses, dietitians, educators, and other CKD experts to review the minimum practice standards data from state agency programs, health systems, and ...

It is one of the leading causes of chronic kidney disease. Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of your arteries as your heart pumps blood through your body, this is ...

Islet Transplant Shows Long-Term Benefits in T1D Islet transplantation offers long-term benefits for more than 10 years in reducing diabetes-related complications in patients with T1D and those ...