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Kidney stones are hard objects made from chemicals in your pee. They may be as tiny as a grain of salt or as big as a corn kernel. The stones can be brown or yellow, smooth or rough. They're a ...

A specialized low-salt fasting-mimicking diet revives kidney function in preclinical animal models and patients with chronic ...

A GFR score under 60 may mean kidney disease. A creatinine clearance ... The kidneys push the liquid part of blood through tiny filters called glomeruli, which are tiny bundles of blood vessels ...

Without proper treatment, IgAN can lead to kidney failure ... damaging the blood vessels (known as glomeruli) that help ...

The hepatitis E virus affects the liver. But infected liver cells secrete a viral protein that reacts with antibodies in the blood and may form complexes that can damage the filter structure of the ...

Omega-3 fats may help reduce fat levels (triglycerides) in the blood and may also lower blood pressure, according to the National Kidney Foundation. If you have CKD, you may need to keep an eye ...

Cells expressing PAX8 (nucleus, red) considered podocyte precursors, line the outer Bowman’s capsule. Activated during the low salt-fasting mimicking diet (LS-FMD), the cells migrate and ...