Renal news roundup from AKF

Kirsten Uzzardo, a three-time kidney transplant recipient and patient advocate, talks about the challenges that affect patients' quality of life, including...

Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that expanding the kidney donor pool could be possible with little risk, with one...

According to a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the use of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitorswas linked with lower risk of cardiovascu...

Research involving patients with existing renal insufficiency and baseline normoalbuminuria shows albuminuria levels on the higher side of the normal range have...

A study published in the journal Menopause found that postmenopausal women with CKD are around 40% more likely to have fewer than 20 teeth, impacting their abil...

The Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act, which has been reintroduced in the Senate, would add preventive CKD screenings to Medicare...

DeepQure's HyperQure system for renal denervation has received investigational device exemption approval from the FDA. The extravascular device is for trea...

Stephen Munari always knew he'd be the kidney donor for his son, Jaren — who was born with one kidney and diagnosed with branchio-oto-renal syndrome, a r...

Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine successfully performed a kidney transplant while the patient was awake, although a regional anesthetic was used to block the p...