Chen Wang receives a fellowship for research on improving kidney cancer diagnostics using an OCT probe at the University of Oklahoma.

Doctors around the world have different views on diagnosing kidney diseases and on when a biopsy is needed to give a clearer picture of what might troubling a patient, a new study shows. A team from ...

Ozempic becomes the first GLP-1 treatment option for people with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease Mario Tama/Getty The Food and Drug Administration has approved Ozempic to reduce the ...

The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, ATBUTH Bauchi, has cut down kidney dialysis prices by 70 per cent. Disclosing the development in a press release issued on Wednesday ...

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 ...

Liquid biopsy is one of them. A traditional biopsy usually involves taking a tiny tissue sample from the body to diagnose a disease and to understand the extent of its progression. But liquid ...

Traditionally, punch biopsy sites have been sutured, but the benefit of this practice has never been scientifically demonstrated. In this prospective, randomized, method-comparison study ...

A routine ultrasound assessment of a puncture site before performing percutaneous biopsy is reported to increase diagnostic yield and decrease complication rates. It is not clear if real-time ...

Waking up every morning with a swollen face is abnormal and could be a sign of underlying chronic conditions including kidney diseases ... separate interviews with PUNCH Healthwise maintained ...

Biopsies for nail beds may be performed via excision or a punch method. While a punch biopsy may be taken through the nail plate, an excision may require that your nail be removed first.