According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, results from a 2008 national health survey show that 3.7 million American adults have renal disease. This figure does not include people who are in the hospital receiving treatment for...
Renal artery stenosis is a narrowing of the artery that brings oxygen-rich blood to the kidneys. This narrowing is typically because of cholesterol build up in the artery wall that is called atherosclerosis. The clinical manifestation of renal...
The blood flow into the kidney is carried from the aorta to the renal artery. As atherosclerotic plaque builds up in the aorta it will extend into the renal artery and slowly decrease the diameter of the artery at its origin. As this process...
The National Cancer Institute estimates that over 58,000 individuals will be diagnosed with kidney cancer in the United States in 2010 and more than 13,000 people will die from the disease that same year. Treatment is most effective when the...
Acetylcysteine, a derivative of the amino acid cysteine, is available as a nutritional supplement as well as a pharmaceutical drug and has a wide variety of health and medical uses. Acetylcysteine is also, notably, the precursor to glutathione,...
