Children and adolescents diagnosed with hypertension have a 3-fold higher risk of major adverse kidney events. Even children without pre-existing CKD are at risk. Children and adolescents diagnosed ...

Kids who had acute kidney injury (AKI) during a hospitalization often experienced lasting health consequences, a ...

Higher blood pressure during young adulthood is likely linked to a higher risk of heart disease and kidney disease later in life, reinforcing the importance of maintaining healthy blood pressure at ...

Childhood cancer survivors have a significantly higher risk of CKD and hypertension, often appearing within the first year post-treatment. Current guidelines for monitoring kidney health in childhood ...

Hypertensive CKD deaths disproportionally affected Black and Hispanic adults and patients residing in the Southern US. The age-adjusted death rate from hypertensive kidney disease increased by 48% in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Deaths from hypertensive renal disease rose during the past 25 years in the U.S. Men, Black individuals and ...

When high blood pressure is the result of kidney disease, it’s called renal hypertension. It develops when the kidneys are unable to properly regulate fluid balance and hormones that help control ...

Mother checking her daughters' diabetes by monitoring blood glucose. (Courtesy/GettyImages) Millions of people around the world unknowingly live with a deadly trio: diabetes, high blood pressure and ...

Living kidney donation has received increased attention in clinical practice and in the media since the Kidney Disease: ...

By Dorothy Frances Ward, GNA Kumasi, April 27, GNA – Professor Sampson Antwi, a Nephrologist at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), has advised the public to be more mindful of the foods they ...