Many Americans, particularly young adults, don’t know they have high blood pressure. If unchecked, high blood pressure can lead to a lot of health problems: heart disease, lung disease, kidney disease ...

Record numbers of men and women are currently estimated to have reduced kidney function, according to new research following a study published in the journal The Lancet. Researchers at NYU Langone ...

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On a Thursday morning last month, Boniaba Community Health Center in Mali was running a TB screening. There was no doctor in sight. Yet, a mother plagued by coughing got an answer in a matter of ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration can approve new personalized treatments for rare and deadly genetic diseases based on ...

Impaired kidney function was also identified as a key risk factor for heart disease, contributing to about 12% of global ...