Your kidney function test results are a measure of how well your kidneys are working to filter your blood and remove excess water and waste from the body. For example, the estimated glomerular ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 73-year-old female. A recent blood test returned an eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate) of 59. My physician’s nurse told me that the test was normal. When I asked her ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that even slight abnormalities in kidney function—within the normal ...

Diabetes affects how the body uses glucose, also known as blood sugar. It can mean that there is too much sugar in the blood. This can harm people in several ways. One serious complication is chronic ...

"People with chronic kidney disease generally have no symptoms until they’re very near kidney failure," said kidney-health ...

Disagreement between creatinine and cystatin C kidney tests signals a much higher risk of serious disease and death, suggesting both measures should be used together. A new study suggests that when ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Everly Health, a digital health company at the forefront of remote diagnostics-driven care, today announced the launch of a comprehensive at-home collection kidney ...