Baxdrostat reduces the levels of a hormone that drives high blood pressure and could transform hypertension care.

Results from the FigHTN Phase 2 clinical trial showed baxdrostat, a new medication that inhibits the production of the hormone aldosterone, lowered systolic blood pressure by about 5% when added to ...

An outbreak of kidney disease among sea lions could result in humans and pets getting ill. The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito has responded to more than 200 sea lions that have shown symptoms, with ...

As summer heats up and tourists flock to the California coast, beachgoers should be on the lookout for sea lions sickened by a recent outbreak of leptospirosis—a kidney disease that can result in ...

Aug 19 (Reuters) - Canada has approved Novo Nordisk's (NOVOb.CO), opens new tab diabetes drug, Ozempic, to cut chronic kidney disease progression and reduce the risk of kidney failure and ...

Credit: Getty Images The number of patients diagnosed with CKD continues to rise each year. Those in the health care field need to work together to minimize the number of patients who go undetected ...

Chronic kidney disease is a progressive condition that causes deterioration of the kidneys and often results in kidney failure and death; about 30 to 50 percent of cats older than age 11 have some ...

Novartis and its Fabhalta may have been first to the punch in ultrarare kidney disease complement 3 glomerulopathy (C3G), but Apellis Pharmaceuticals has delivered a checkmate with a wider label and a ...

Allison DeAngelis is the East Coast biotech and venture capital reporter at STAT, reporting where scientific ideas and money meet. She is also co-host of the weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud.

At our primary care practice, a woman in her mid-50s with diabetes and high blood pressure recently shared an observation during an office visit: “I noticed my chart now says that I have ‘stage 3a ...

For years, Oscar has greeted dawn with the rhythmic swing of his machete as he chops sugar cane in fields near his home in El Salvador. On a typical morning, the 33-year-old begins work long before ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Recently, I almost experienced kidney failure from a probable infection. I am a male, age 68. My glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ranges from 44-50, and my weight is 132 pounds. My ...