You may be able to increase your glomerular filtration rate (GFR) with changes to your lifestyle and diet. Some medications or supplements may also help improve kidney function. Share on Pinterest ...

The UAB Glomerular Kidney Disease Clinic is a sub-specialized clinic dedicated for the care of patients with rare glomerular diseases. Based at the Kirklin Clinic, our physicians provide comprehensive ...

The identification of the glomeruli as the source of bleeding is important. Patients with clear evidence of glomerular hematuria do not need to be evaluated for potentially serious urologic disease.

Glomerular diseases encompass a wide spectrum of conditions, characterized by injury to the glomeruli, resulting in the incorrect filtering of blood and excretion of waste products. Causes include ...

What is causing that sore throat? It could be strep, and it needs to be treated the right way. Two physicians share more ...

Conditionally immortalized human glomerular endothelial cells do not respond to insulin, suggesting that insulin has a specific effect on the podocyte in the glomerular filtration barrier.

Conor was diagnosed with focal segmental glomerular sclerosis (FSGS), a rare kidney disease which is often difficult to treat ...

Historically, a person's race was factored into testing to identify good kidney transplant candidates. New guidance aims to ...

ANG II in turn suppresses nephrin and induces TGF-β type II receptor expression in podocytes, perhaps intensifying the paracrine effects of TGF-β derived from the mesangium or glomerular ...

A long-time factor for a medical test for kidney transplant evaluations has been rectified, which has lessened a massive ...

The rare, but fatal disease has led to the deaths of 318 dogs in the UK since 2012 - with 10 dying so far this year ...

In a recent op-ed in The New York Times, freelance journalist Dylan Walsh made the case for a regulated market for kidneys in ...