A drug that has been used to slow progression of kidney and cardiovascular disease in people with type 2 diabetes may also help people with chronic kidney disease who do not have diabetes, according ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Aldosterone is associated with an increased risk of chronic kidney disease progression and the development of ...

A steroid hormone called aldosterone is linked to an increased risk of kidney failure in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published in the European Heart Journal [1] ...

An investigational antihypertensive agent that inhibits the enzyme involved in aldosterone production, called MLS-101, significantly reduces blood pressure in patients with uncontrolled and resistant ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Dysregulated aldosterone production, sometimes driven by obesity, can cause hypertension. Targeted therapies ...

Aldosterone acts as a mediator of hypertension, heart failure and kidney disease, and aldosterone synthase inhibitors (ASIs) have emerged as an alternative approach for the treatment of some of these ...

A recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports investigated the effects of acute transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) on serum aldosterone levels. Psychological stress is one of ...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused millions of deaths throughout the world, which has provoked intense research into the pathogenetic mechanism behind this disease. A new study ...