Creatinine is a byproduct of muscle metabolism and under normal circumstances, the kidney's filter creatinine from the blood and pass it out of the body in the form of urine. If the kidney function ...

About 9 in 10 American adults have not heard of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome, a newly defined health condition.

Patients with lupus nephritis who received hydroxychloroquine demonstrated a significantly lower risk for glomerular ...

A race-based calculation to determine kidney function left many Black patients lower on the transplant waitlist than they should have been. NPR's A Martinez talks to one man who was moved ahead. More ...

A new drug has shown unprecedented promise in lowering blood pressure and preventing the progression of kidney disease for people with hard-to-treat hypertension. The medication, baxdrostat, reduces ...