The protocols offer a more accurate way to detect atherosclerosis and assess cardiovascular risk before symptoms appear, ...

To check the lymph nodes, you have an ultrasound. Ultrasound scans use high frequency sound waves to create a picture of a part of the body. If doctors find any abnormal areas, they can use the ...

The main symptom of kidney stones is pain in your back, abdomen, or side. Some other symptoms include cloudy urine, a burning sensation when you urinate, and nausea. Kidney stones are one of the ...

The kidneys regulate the water in the body. Alcohol can dehydrate the body, which therefore changes how the kidneys work. Too much alcohol can also raise blood pressure, which damages the kidneys.

Apr. 3, 2025 — While medical centers use ultrasound daily, so far this technology has not been capable of observing body tissues at the scale of cells. Physicists have now developed a microscopy ...

At just 5 years old, Lyndzi was diagnosed with kidney disease and her condition deteriorated fast. A couple days in the hospital turned into more than three months. Lyndzi said it was hard to ...

For Interwell Health, the hard part came after the ink dried on a three-way merger that formed the kidney care company. The company came together after Interwell, Cricket Health and Fresenius ...

Except this time, instead of preparing a game plan for an opponent, he will make the trip to Ascension St. Vincent Hospital to undergo a life-saving kidney transplant. There are nerves ...

Lipid profiling, blood pressure monitoring, and kidney damage assessments are also critical. In obese patients, additional tests, such as transaminases and color Doppler ultrasound of the supra-aortic ...

Knowing the difference between kidney pain vs. back pain can be difficult because problems with the kidneys may cause dull or sharp pains on the side or along the back. The location of the discomfort, ...

The early stages of kidney damage may cause few or no symptoms. However, as damage accumulates and prevents the kidneys from functioning correctly, people may begin to notice symptoms. These may ...