Receipt of female hormones appeared to lead to protective vasodilation in nephrons. Male hormone use appeared to induce subclinical kidney stress. A prospective observational study of transgender ...

A real-world study finds favorable stone-free rates after use of SURE with the CVAC® system to treat kidney stone burdens typically less than 2 cm. Despite its relatively novel status, steerable ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) can cause dysfunction in organs well outside the renal system. The skin is one of the organs most commonly affected. CKD is a “chronic inflammatory state, which means it ...

The urinary system helps maintain the volume and chemical composition of fluids in the body. One of the main organs in the system are the kidneys, which filter waste products out of the body through ...

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paragonix Technologies, a pioneer in organ transplant technologies and organ procurement services, announced today the completion of the world’s first-in-human cases ...

Hunger is an ancestral and evolutionary survival instinct; its importance is evident in the complex and redundant pathways involving all five senses that regulate it. 1,2 Historically, when humans ...

Every cell in our body starts out with the same set of genetic instructions, or DNA. Yet only some of these genes are expressed in each cell, leading to the production of proteins that perform the ...

JONESBORO -- The Arkansas State University System board of trustees approved construction of a new building for the Arkansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine and plans to issue student ...

A major clinical trial showed such promising results that the drug’s maker halted it early. By Dani Blum Dani Blum has reported on Ozempic and similar drugs since 2022. Semaglutide, the compound in ...