Usually, doctors aim to lower the top number of a person’s blood pressure (called systolic pressure) to below 140 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg). But in this study, researchers tried something ...

Professor Kenji Osafune (Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation) and his team of researchers have devised an effective ...

Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD Renal artery stenosis is the narrowing of one or both blood vessels to the kidneys. The ...

Nellie Zygiel of Fairhaven has battled illness much of her life. Diagnosed with a rare disease, her life has been saved ...

Right now, there are five main types of medicine that are approved to treat high blood pressure. These include ACE inhibitors ...

In sharp contrast to earlier studies, patients with severe triple-vessel heart disease fared equally well whether they underwent open-heart bypass surgery (CABG) or a less invasive procedure called ...

March is known for many things and among the madness that it always brings, it’s known for National Kidney Awareness Month.  Somewhere around 30 million Americans have various kidney diseases and ...

The consequence of low blood protein depends on how low the protein becomes, which protein is low, and the cause of the low ...

Some drugs are known as nephrotoxic, which means that their effects can cause damage to the kidneys. Drugs such as certain ...

The signs of a dangerous blood clot can vary depending on its location. Some people may also not experience any symptoms.

High blood pressure, chills, and fatigue accompanied this young man's weight increase, as well as swelling.

In this interview Prof. Dr. Kristina Kusche-Vihrog speaks about the nanomechanics of living cells and their implications for ...