When we drink little, we produce less urine. But how is this process regulated? An international team of scientists led by Prof. Kai Schmidt-Ott of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) ...

The new research suggests that the two problems could be distinguished from each other via the detection of cocktail of proteins shed from the kidney into the patient's urine. The research could form ...

Kidney stones are hard deposits formed from minerals and salts inside the kidneys when urine becomes too concentrated and ...

Creatinine is a byproduct of muscle metabolism and under normal circumstances, the kidney's filter creatinine from the blood ...

Water is vital for kidney health, facilitating waste removal and preventing kidney stones. Insufficient intake significantly raises the risk of chronic kidney disease, yet excessive consumption can ...

May 22 (UPI) --A new urine-based testing system can diagnose people with kidney stones in 30 minutes or less, a study published Friday in the journal Science Advances has found. Faster test results ...

Recurrent urinary tract infections could signal kidney cancer. This disease often progresses without clear symptoms. Early ...

A study shows that people with higher levels of the protein albumin in their urine are at increased risk of developing ...

A simple urine test could reveal your risk of developing dementia decades before symptoms appear, a new study shows. For the ...

Diabetes mellitus – known to many as type 1 and type 2 diabetes – gets all the attention with its rising global prevalence ...

A study shows that people with higher levels of the protein albumin in their urine are at increased risk of developing ...

Testing for molecular markers in the urine of kidney transplant patients could reveal whether the transplant is failing and why. Testing for molecular markers in the urine of kidney transplant ...