The FDA has approved Ozempic (semaglutide) to reduce the risk of kidney disease worsening and cardiovascular death in those with T2D and CKD.

Many older people develop chronic kidney disease and are also likely to be on cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins.

Statins, which are prescription drugs that can reduce cholesterol levels and lower the risk for heart disease, don’t affect kidney function, new research shows.

A Phase 3 clinical trial found that injections of the semaglutide medication once weekly reduced the risk of kidney disease worsening by 24% in people who also had diabetes. It also reduced the ...

Levels above 25 mg/dL are suggestive of kidney failure. Glomerular filtration rate (GFR): This number is calculated based on the creatinine level in your blood, with a calculation that accounts for ...

Of 111,155 tuberculosis diagnoses, researchers found 2,892 patients had kidney failure. The annual tuberculosis rate ranged from 26.1 to 45.4 per 100,000 patients with kidney failure. The ...

OBJECTIVE: To construct new size charts for fetal kidney measurements and to define normal limits for renal pelvic antero-posterior diameter. METHODS: A prospective, cross-sectional study was ...

June 10, 2024 — Scientists have grown 'mini-guts' in the lab to help understand Crohn's disease, showing that 'switches' that modify DNA in gut cells play an ... Major Cause of Inflammatory ...

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Sep. 26, 2024 — What factors lead to chronic respiratory disease? Researchers investigated this question using health data from about 780 infants. Their analysis shows that children's risk of ...

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