What Does A Kidney Do?
Health Encyclopedia: Kidney Disease
Expert & Community Posts
Flomax for Kidney Stones: Can it be Used by Women?
By Jay Motola , Health Expert...Can Flomax be prescribed to a female to help pass kidney stones? I am a female patient who has... Read more »
Cholesterol and Your Kidneys: A Fatal Connection
By Dr. Kang , Health ExpertChronic kidney disease in itself has been found to be an independent predictor for the development... Read more »
TNF-alpha inhibitors may prevent kidney cysts
By Christine Miller , Health Expert...hope to people with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). ADPKD is a... Read more »
SGLT2 inhibitors -- an upcoming class of medications for diabetes
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...(SGLT2) is the name of a "transporter protein" in the kidneys that has become a hot topic in... Read more »
Health Guide
Renal
The term "renal" refers to the kidney. For example, renal failure means kidney failure. Related topics: Kidney disease Kidney disease - diet ... Read more »Renal biopsy
...Alternative Names Kidney biopsy; Biopsy - kidney Read more »Obstructive uropathy
...Obstructive uropathy involves a blockage of the flow of urine, causing it to back up and injure one or both kidneys. Alternative Names Uropathy - obstructive Causes, incidence,... Read more »Diabetes and Anemia
...Higher death rates are more common for anemic diabetes patients who also have heart failure and/or kidney disease. Treatment of the anemia does not guarantee a longer life. Problems are further... Read more »Kidney removal
... Expectations after surgery Outcome is usually good in the case of the removal of a single kidney. If both kidneys are removed or if the remaining kidney does not function well enough,... Read more »Images
Medications
...diseases. It is used to treat a certain type of kidney disease in children after other... Read more »
...pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. This medication also reduces... Read more »
...pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. This medication also reduces... Read more »
...pressure (hypertension) and to help protect the kidneys from damage due to diabetes. ... Read more »
...pressure (hypertension) and to help protect the kidneys from damage due to diabetes. It ... Read more »
Related News
Saving Organs, Saving Lives
October 27, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- When a patient is treated for kidney cancer, surgeons remove the affected kidney as part of treatment. However, new research... Read summary »
Pass the Peas to Lower BP
March 27, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A protein found in common garden peas could be the key to saving the lives of millions of people who suffer from high blood... Read summary »
Genes Predict Kidney Disease?
May 18, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire)-- A new study reveals three genes that contain common mutations may put some people at a higher risk for kidney disease. More than... Read summary »
Kidney Transplant Saves the Brain
November 13, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A common procedure could stop the cognitive impairment often seen in patients with chronic kidney disease. Researchers report... Read summary »
Transplant Lengthens Lives of Diabetics With Kidney Disease
May 25, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Type 1 diabetics in need of a kidney transplant may increase their long-term survival rate with a simultaneous pancreas-kidney... Read summary »
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