Overdose deaths decline, a cross-species kidney transplant, poems help conservation efforts: Catch up on the day’s stories ...

Keywords: skeletal muscle-to-visceral fat ratio, kidney stones, NHANES, cross-sectional study, skeletal muscle, visceral fat Citation: Du Y-Z, Yang J-Q, Tang J, Zhang C-T and Liu Y-F (2025) ...

On Friday, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced that a 66-year-old New Hampshire man had successfully received a pig kidney transplant.

It also evaluated its potential as a predictor of kidney stones. A total of 24,833 adult participants were included in the study using cross-sectional data from the 2007-2018 National Health and ...

Kidney Disease: There are several types of acute kidney problems and chronic kidney diseases leading to kidney failure. Learn more in this guide.

Fetal ultrasound imaging is crucial for observing fetal anatomy and the presence of any malformations. Considering the high rate of congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract (CAKUT) at ...

The structure and function of the kidney, including its roles in urine production and homeostasis. This is the first in a series of articles examining the renal system.

This self-assessment tests your knowledge after reading the following article: Taylor J (2023) Renal system 1: the anatomy and physiology of the kidneys.

But there is limited evidence about the relationship between overall diet quality and kidney stones. Therefore, we investigated the association between HEI-2015 and nephrolithiasis by analyzing ...