Mid-Urethral Slings for SUI Offer Long-Term Efficacy Phosphorus targets in patients with chronic kidney disease stage 3 to 4 should be below 4.3 mg/dL, researchers report. Even normal serum phosphorus ...

Framingham, MA - Higher serum phosphorus levels—even within the "normal" range—are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, a new analysis of the Framingham Offspring ...

Healthy adults with higher levels of phosphate in the blood are more likely to have increased levels of calcium in the coronary arteries—a key indicator of atherosclerosis and future cardiovascular ...

Serum phosphate within the normal range is a strong predictor of CKD progression. Patients who had renal events had significantly higher serum phosphate levels than those who did not (4.2 vs. 3.7 ...

For patients with moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD), higher levels of phosphorus in the blood are associated with increased calcification of the major arteries and heart valves—which may ...

For patients on dialysis, taking medications to reduce levels of the mineral phosphorus in the blood may reduce the risk of death by 25 to 30 percent, reports a new study. For patients on dialysis, ...