Recently, my primary care physician spotted some abnormal numbers related to my kidney function. He suspects that this is related to lisinopril. As a result, he decreased my daily dosage to just 10 mg ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have suffered from high blood pressure since I was a young man in my early 20s. I recently turned 70 years old. My blood pressure has been controlled by various medications. Most ...

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Dear Dr. Roach: I am a female, nearly 55 years old. In August 2011, I was fortunate to receive a heart transplant (I had an enlarged, weakened heart that was thought to have started with a virus).

Doctors warn that early kidney disease is increasingly being detected in young adults in their 20s and 30s, often without ...

Early diagnosis of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is key to managing progression of the disease. A new technique analyzing urine extracellular vesicles (uEVs) — cell-derived nanoscale spherical ...

The kidney is an organ that plays an important role in maintaining the balance of our body. It functions to filter out waste products in the blood and discharge unnecessary moisture. It also maintains ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. She continued, "I started to take a series of blood tests and each time, my kidney function was coming up low." Despite trying to ...

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A medical student in New York volunteered in class to be a patient having an ultrasound, which showed an abnormality in her body The doctor who performed the ultrasound informed the student of what ...