Rick O'Keefe had no idea he had a horseshoe kidney or, like most people, what a horseshoe kidney even was. But after breaking his clavicle playing tennis in May 2023, scans revealed cancer in his ...

The most common cause was sepsis (n = 183), followed by acute pyelonephritis (n = 29), with 5 patients hospitalized for both. Hospitalized patients were older (mean (SD) age, 67.3 [20.2] years vs ...

Primary care studies have suggested a worldwide failure rate of 10% to 18% with first-line therapies, and the consequences can be very serious, including kidney inflammation (pyelonephritis ...

The FDA has granted a speedy review of Eli Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim’s Jardiance for a potential new use, to reduce the risk of renal failure and cardiovascular death in people with chronic ...

There are more than 1,000 confirmed cases of measles nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday, as outbreaks of the highly contagious illness spread across Texas ...

Researchers from Italy have developed a surgical mask that can diagnose chronic kidney disease. It uses a sensor that idenfies ammonia present in the breath of a kidney patient. Listen to Story The ...

A kidney infection, also known as pyelonephritis, is a bacterial infection of the kidneys. When the left kidney is involved, it can cause sharp, intense pain in the back and sides of the abdomen, ...

Treating a urinary tract infection (UTI) aims to relieve symptoms, destroy the infection, and prevent it from recurring. Antibiotics can often provide instant UTI relief and are considered first-line ...