High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is often referred to as a “silent killer” because it doesn’t always show ...

Dr. Vaishnavi Pochineni: Diabetes, particularly Type 2 diabetes, is a significant risk factor for kidney disease, ...

Many people consume painkillers for headache or other pain. Painkillers may lead to side effects, harming your kidney health.

Commonly prescribed drugs used to treat high blood pressure have been shown to, over time, wreck the kidneys' ability to ...

Instead of protecting against infections and foreign invaders, the immune system targets healthy organs and systems, leading to inflammation and damage. Lupus can affect various parts of the body ...

Researchers at the UVA School of Medicine are researching how certain blood pressure medications can damage the kidneys.

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine say this finding could open the door to better ways to manage high blood pressure and other vascular diseases.

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Experts have started thinking more broadly about what puts a person at risk for heart disease, still the leading killer in the U.S.

Endothelin and angiotensin play a role in regulating processes in the kidney such as inflammation that lead to progression of kidney damage. By blocking these receptors, Filspari lowers the amount of ...

Platinum-based antineoplastic drugs are widely used in the treatment of solid tumors. Carboplatin is a safe and efficacious adjuvant treatment for stage I seminoma following a risk-adapted treatment ...