kidney disease

People face higher risk of kidney stones during summer months

Debi Johnson

Preventing kidney stones in kids Kidney stones can be so painful in adults, and obviously the same can be said ...

Ozempic Drug Semaglutide Could Protect Kidneys, Study Finds

Debi Johnson

Topline Novo Nordisk’s weight loss injection semaglutide — the ingredient inside its wildly popular drugs Ozempic and Wegovy — could ...

Man who received first pig kidney transplant dies

Debi Johnson

Richard “Rick” Slayman, 62, was the world’s first recipient of a pig kidney [Massachusetts General Hospital] The first man to ...

First living patient to receive pig kidney Richard “Rick” Slayman dead at 62, weeks after historic transplant

Debi Johnson

US News By Nikki Mascali Roarty Published May 11, 2024, 11:32 p.m. ET The first living patient to receive a ...

Majority of Adults At Risk for CKM Syndrome

Debi Johnson

TOPLINE: Nearly 90% of adults were at risk of developing cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome between 2011 and 2020, according to new ...

Who, and what, are they good for?

Daisy Hips

By Michele Gershberg (Reuters) – Powerful weight-loss medicines like Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy leapt into public view in 2023, from social ...

How old are you really? 4 ways ‘age-o-type’ reveals your body’s true age

Debi Johnson

Health By Asia Grace Published Nov. 2, 2023, 3:41 p.m. ET They say “age is just a number” — and ...