Estimates of kidney length and volume are surrogates for renal functional reserve. These estimates have typically been generated using two-dimensional ultrasonography and an ellipsoid formula that ...

In chronic kidney disease care, the central clinical question is often not the exact glomerular filtration rate (GFR) at a ...

This is a histological section of a normal kidney (left) versus a kidney after acute kidney injury (right). Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

Among individuals with healthy kidneys, those with more frequent depressive symptoms were more likely to show signs of rapid kidney function decline over a median follow-up of 4 years. In a study of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ljubaphoto via Getty Images Your kidneys are pretty vital: They filter your blood and get rid of the waste in the body through ...

New findings complement previous research showing no renoprotective effect of urate-lowering therapy in patients with chronic kidney disease. Urate-lowering therapy (ULT) for hyperuricemia in patients ...

Body weight has served as a main measurement tool for metabolic health assessment since the commencement of the assessment process. Doctors increasingly warn that thinness does not guarantee health ...