The most important test to check the health of the kidney is the kidney function test. It is also called renal function test. In this, the functioning of the kidney is checked on several parameters ...

Cases of kidney disease are constantly increasing, and people often take symptoms lightly, which can lead to serious problems later. Let us tell you which tests should be done for this. Kidney ...

HOW TO TAKE THE POST-TEST: To obtain CME credit, please click here after reading the article to take the post-test on myCME.com. Clinical assessment of kidney function is central to the practice of ...

A mismatch between two common tests for kidney function may indicate a higher risk for kidney failure, heart disease, and death, a new study shows. Health care providers for decades have measured ...

Sanskruti Lakhotia from RMIT's Sir Ian Potter NanoBioSensing Facility holds a bottle of the nanoparticle formula being used to develop Nexsen's kidney diagnostic tests. A simple blood test could ...

Dr. Omar Al-Heeti is an assistant professor of medicine at Southern Illinois University and practices internal medicine with a specialty in infectious diseases. He received his medical degree from 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 ...

In 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement forced the United States to reckon with systemic racism and its causes and manifestations. Driven partially by the disproportionate toll that the COVID-19 ...

There are a variety of differences among markers and clearance methods for GFR measurement compared with the classic method of inulin clearance. However, the bias appears relatively small, and ...