Aldosterone sends sodium and water into the bloodstream, which can increase your blood volume and blood pressure. Besides the ...

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 ...

Increased levels of aldosterone are independently associated with a greater risk of type 2 diabetes, with the effects particularly notable in certain ethnic groups including African Americans and ...

AHA: Increased Cancer Risk for Patients With Heart Failure For patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, aldosterone blockade with spironolactone improves left ventricular ...

Current screening guidelines may not capture all cases of hyperaldosteronism among patients with ESKD. Hyperaldosteronism occurs in a higher proportion of patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) ...

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) incidence continues to rise among African Americans (AAs). However, it has been observed to plateau among non-Hispanic whites (NHWs). Moreover, T2D-associated mortality and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists, particularly the most recently approved agent finerenone, should play a ...

Preliminary studies 12 suggested that in man amphenone is an effective inhibitor of aldosterone synthesis or release. The present report summarizes our experience to date. The white zones are areas 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 ...