A doctor has warned that kidney damage can progress for years without obvious symptoms. The delay in detection can leave ...

An eGFR below 60 ml/min indicates possible kidney disease. High creatinine levels in the blood can suggest the kidneys are not working well. A urine albumin result higher than 30 mg/gram may be a sign ...

Alarmed by the steep rise in the number of Americans with kidney failure -- now estimated at 340,000, up from 183,000 a decade years ago -- the nonprofit National Kidney Foundation this week released ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Nobody in Sharron Rouse’s family had ever had kidney disease. There was no warning, no history to trace, and no blueprint for what came next. That gap is exactly what she has spent years trying to ...

Industry professionals attend conferences to network, learn, connect with peers and, now, thanks to smartphone-based diagnostic tests, they get can important health screenings, too. At the ...

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 ...

Charlottesville-based University of Virginia researchers identified an trend in heart surgery data: Poor kidney function prior to heart surgery is associated with longer hospital stays, higher costs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kristal Higgins just wants to be healthy, become a nurse and travel to Greece. But she has kidney failure and has been on a ...