Recently, my primary care physician spotted some abnormal numbers related to my kidney function. He suspects that this is related to lisinopril. As a result, he decreased my daily dosage to just 10 mg ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have suffered from high blood pressure since I was a young man in my early 20s. I recently turned 70 years old. My blood pressure has been controlled by various medications. Most ...

A medical student in New York volunteered in class to be a patient having an ultrasound, which showed an abnormality in her body The doctor who performed the ultrasound informed the student of what ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A new study published about long-COVID is drawing attention to the risk coronavirus infections are having on declining kidney functions. The study published in the Journal of ...

Disordered calcium and phosphorus metabolism has long been identified as a risk factor for mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease . This analysis of the ...

The kidney is an organ that plays an important role in maintaining the balance of our body. It functions to filter out waste products in the blood and discharge unnecessary moisture. It also maintains ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a female, nearly 55 years old. In August 2011, I was fortunate to receive a heart transplant (I had an enlarged, weakened heart that was thought to have started with a virus).

SAN DIEGO -- Antibiotic prophylaxis may help to protect kidneys of kids with vesicoureteral reflux during febrile urinary tract infections (UTIs), according to another look at the RIVUR trial. Among ...