Kidney function tests are simple blood and urine tests that can identify problems with your kidneys. These tests can estimate your glomerular filtration rate (GFR), which indicates how quickly your ...

The kidneys do a lot of work to ensure that the body is healthy, so this Kidney Health Month let’s take a look at just how our kidneys function. Emmanuelle Gilles, MD, a Board Certified Nephrologist ...

Our kidneys operate as filters in our body, which eliminate blood waste, along with excess water and toxic substances from the body. A decrease in kidney function leads to waste accumulation ...

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Key Takeaways Stage 1 CKD often doesn't cause noticeable symptoms but requires ...

A new, international study from the Chronic Kidney Disease Prognosis Consortium found that use of blood levels of cystatin C to estimate kidney function – alone or in combination with creatinine – ...

Scientists have made a remarkable breakthrough in kidney research. In a paper published in the journal Communications Biology, a team of researchers at Kyoto University led by Ramin Sadeghian present ...

Kidneys are one of the most important organs of the body, that filter waste and toxins, and keep us healthy. With age, poor lifestyle, alcohol abuse etc., our kidneys can sometimes turn weak, leading ...