Florey researchers, in collaboration with practicing clinicians who routinely care for heart surgery patients, have developed ...

DaVita confirms ransomware attack in new SEC form It was forced to shut down parts of its infrastructure to remedy The scope of the attack is not fully known yet DaVita, a major American healthcare ...

Kidneys are one of the most important organs of our body. It is the kidneys that help filter toxins from the blood, maintain ...

Professor Kenji Osafune (Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation) and his team of researchers have devised an effective ...

For example, people with kidney damage or reduced kidney function might not be able to use every OTC pain medication. Let’s look at why and what you can safely do for pain relief. Before taking ...

Your kidney function test results are a measure of how well your kidneys are working to filter your blood and remove excess water and waste from the body. For example, the estimated glomerular ...

When the kidneys become damaged, imbalances can cause problems in how muscles, nerves, and other tissues function. The kidneys may not clean the blood as efficiently, causing toxins and fluid to ...

Hypertension or high blood pressure can have a significant impact on kidney function, much before clinical symptoms begin to appear, according to a study that stressed the importance of early ...

Podocytes are specialised cells of the renal corpuscles (glomeruli) that play a crucial role in the filtering function of the kidney. Their size and density are important indicators of the health of ...

An "unprecedented view" of how the body changes during and after pregnancy has revealed many long-lasting impacts on the ...