Despite the availability of effective antihypertensive therapies, global blood pressure control rates remain unacceptably low. Contributing factors, such as low treatment adherence, therapeutic ...

Kidney Health: The kidneys are one of the most important organs in our body, responsible for cleaning the blood and removing toxins through urine. In addition, the kidneys play a vital role in ...

In addition to controlling blood sugar, SGLT2 inhibitors appear to protect multiple organs that are commonly damaged by ...

For years, scientists have been working to unravel the mystery of patients with failing kidneys dying from heart-related complications. Researchers now say they’ve uncovered a clue that explains why ...

Yolanda Frudden (left) and Kathleen Williams (right) look through family photographs during a gathering between their families 20 years after Williams donated a kidney to then co-worker Frudden in ...

This story was produced by Grist and was co-published with The Asian Dispatch. It is part of the Grist series Vital Signs, exploring the ways climate change affects your health. This reporting ...

Homeopathy is among the most popular kinds of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM). Patients have different opinions about homeopathy because there is still debate about its efficacy and scientific ...

At 17, Brittany Calispa appeared to be a healthy, athletic teenager. She played soccer and was preparing to graduate from her final year of high school in Ecuador. Her kidneys were failing her ...

Dr. Young Ho Oh’s patient was headed for disaster. The woman bled heavily throughout her surgery and lost even more blood afterwards. Within hours, an intensive care nurse noticed she had no feeling ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Kramann anticipated the nephrology field will shift toward personalized care. Genetic tools and novel therapies ...

Women do not experience less pain than men — they are simply treated that way. Across emergency rooms, clinics, medical schools and research labs, women’s pain is consistently underestimated, ...