Kidney disease disproportionately affects Black communities, with Black Americans nearly four times as likely to develop ...

Elevated creatinine levels signal potential kidney strain, indicating impaired waste filtering. While normal ranges exist, ...

Dear Doctors: My father has diabetes and high blood pressure. Sometimes he fails to follow medical care for these diseases. Now his level of creatinine has reached 2.6 mg/dL, which is very high. He is ...

The results of two large-scale studies demonstrate that sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors significantly ...

Creatinine is a byproduct of muscle metabolism and under normal circumstances, the kidney's filter creatinine from the blood and pass it out of the body in the form of urine. If the kidney function ...

A mismatch between two common tests for kidney function may indicate a higher risk for kidney failure, heart disease, and ...

New insights into kidney function tests suggest using creatinine and cystatin C together may lower the risk of kidney failure ...

The REMODEL trial testing semaglutide’s efficacy in patients with CKD and T2DM also employed MRI, transcriptomics, blood and urine samples, and kidney biopsies to clarify the drug’s effects.

Background: Among patients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), proteinuria and kidney function decline may be ...

Scientists have reversed acute kidney injury in mice by genetically altering ceramide processing, preventing damage to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Reduced kidney function was associated with increased levels of dementia-related blood biomarkers, but not an ...