Investigators reported that the amount of nano and microplastics detected in brain samples is increasing but urge caution in ...

What is a kidney scan? A kidney scan is an imaging test that looks at your kidneys. Your health care provider can also see how well blood is flowing in your kidneys. A kidney scan is also called a ...

When it comes to making chili, knowing the difference between beans is important. It seems obvious that chili beans would be used for making a pot of delicious chili, so where do kidney beans fall ...

The following is a summary of “Hypertensive load predicts recovery of renal function for patients undergoing revascularisation for renal artery stenosis,” published in the January 2025 issue of ...

Multicore devices deliver highly scalable performance and low power, and so they can offer high levels of design flexibility. The ARM® Cortex™-A9 processors are the latest and highest performance ARM ...

Tiny plastic particles may accumulate at higher levels in the human brain than in the kidney and liver, with greater ...

Arterial hypertension is characterized by microvasculature changes and reduced tissue perfusion. It is unknown whether a sexual dimorphism of renal microcirculation is present in patients with ...

For this study, small pieces (3–5 cm3) of postmortem human liver (right central parenchyma), kidney (wedge piece containing cortex and medulla), and brain (frontal cortex) samples were ...

The animals were trained for 3 consecutive days in experimental procedures of plethysmography, as described elsewhere (Vieira-Filho et al. 2014). The abundance of renal cortical proteins was measured ...

A Phase 3 clinical trial found that injections of the semaglutide medication once weekly reduced the risk of kidney disease worsening by 24% in people who also had diabetes. It also reduced the ...

Acute renal failure is caused by damage to the kidneys, which can occur as a result of blood loss, toxins, or physical damage to the kidneys. Acute renal failure occurs rapidly, causing generalized ...

The researchers found that older cats have lower levels of important kidney transporter genes, which usually help remove harmful waste products from the blood. These findings could help ...