Measuring intestinal calcium absorption may help to identify individuals who are prone to develop kidney stones, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the ...

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a common genetic disorder, and it's thought to affect over 12 million people every year. PKD causes fluid filled cysts to form in the kidney, causing pain and high ...

Can excessive tea consumption harm kidney health? Experts explain the link between tea, hydration, oxalates, and kidney ...

From the foregoing remarks on the association of uremia and pyelonephritis it can be seen that in clinical medicine aluminum hydroxide and antibiotics are frequently used simultaneously in advanced ...

Mean net dietary phosphorus absorption is significantly lower after a single dose of lanthanum carbonate (LC) than after a single dose of sevelamer carbonate (SC), data suggest. The findings are based ...

IT is widely accepted that different types of foreign proteins are absorbed by renal proximal tubule cells when present in the glomerular filtrate. Very little is known, however, about the way in ...

Diabetes affects 80 million Indians and can lead to serious kidney issues like diabetic nephropathy. High blood sugar levels damage blood vessels in the kidneys, reducing their ability to filter waste ...

In view of the relation between the thyroid hormones and urinary excretion of pentose, the present study of the influence of clinical thyroid disorders on the absorption and elimination of D-xylose ...