The kidneys are central to the maintenance of fluid and electrolyte homeostasis, with intricate tubular processes that regulate blood pressure. Renal physiology involves the coordinated activity of ...

Renal physiology underpins the body’s ability to maintain homeostatic control over blood pressure, electrolyte balance and fluid volume. Recent advances in mathematical modelling have facilitated a ...

Researcher and teacher Mitchell Halperin worked in one of the more complex corners of medicine. As a nephrologist – kidney doctor – at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto for 50 years, he taught and ...

Receipt of female hormones appeared to lead to protective vasodilation in nephrons. Male hormone use appeared to induce subclinical kidney stress. A prospective observational study of transgender ...