Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Training patients to self-test kidney function at home is possible. Self-tested potassium results differed from ...

Kidney disease often progresses silently, causing irreversible damage before symptoms appear. Simple tests like blood ...

OBJECTIVES: Clinical practice guidelines recommend at least annual testing of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and urine albumin-creatinine ratio (uACR) for patients with chronic kidney ...

Chronic kidney disease can quietly reshape a life long before the first lab test comes back abnormal. More than 700 million ...

Giving patients and their providers genetic test results for kidney failure risk promotes positive behavioral change that could decrease an individual's likelihood of developing chronic kidney disease ...

MISSION HILLS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A medical test for kidney function that adjusts its results for race is coming under increased scrutiny. Experts are saying the results for African-American ...

The revolutionary world of medical imaging continues to transform how healthcare professionals protect our most vital organs, and kidney ultrasounds stand at the forefront of this incredible ...

A Dutch study shows how genetic testing can help couples avoid passing devastating kidney diseases to their children, but it raises issues of disparities. An analysis of preimplantation genetic ...

Despite their higher risk of chronic kidney disease, people with hypertension or diabetes usually are not given a simple test for protein in the urine to screen for this potentially deadly disorder, ...

Kristal Higgins just wants to be healthy, become a nurse and travel to Greece. But she has kidney failure and has been on a transplant waiting list for six years. The disease and its comorbidities ...

On the list of medical terms we'd rather never hear, cancer is at the top. But when it comes to fighting it, knowledge is ...