The intensity of CKD-aP is linked to levels of systemic inflammation, with reductions in these levels seen with difelikefalin treatment.

Brandon Kistler, PhD, RD, took a kidney disease dietetic internship in college that changed the course of his career. He ...

The Oxalosis and Hyperoxaluria Foundation (OHF) has accepted UCSF Health into its OHF Care Center Network recognizing the health system’s dedication to providing high-quality medical care, resources, ...

Our kidneys normally maintain acid-base balance by removing acid and reabsorbing bicarbonate. In CKD, this function declines, ...

Cancer-fighting T-cells, the immune system's primary enforcers, are scarce in the rare kidney cancer called chromophobe renal ...

Phosphate binders are often prescribed with meals for people with kidney disease to reduce the uptake of phosphate in food.

Treatment with the anaerobe-targeting antibiotic clindamycin was linked to higher rates of gout flares compared with T/S, particularly among patients with CKD.

Proton pump inhibitor use is implicated in decline in kidney graft function after transplantation. Extended proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use is associated with decline in graft function in kidney ...

A drug used for Parkinson's disease has been shown to be effective in reducing the symptoms of difficult to treat depression, according to a study led by the University of Oxford.