Medically reviewed by Matthew Wosnitzer, MD Key Takeaways The main tests for kidney disease are an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) blood test and a urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) ...

I also take amlodipine. Recently, my primary care physician spotted some abnormal numbers related to my kidney function. He suspects that this is related to lisinopril. As a result, he decreased my ...

Chronic kidney disease is a condition in which kidney function declines, causing significant health issues in patients. A previous study led by Dr. Motoko Yanagita found that tertiary lymphoid tissues ...

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Disrupted kidney metabolism is a key driver of progressive kidney injury in diabetic kidney disease (DKD), according to a new study led by scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School and Khoo Teck Puat ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing public health concern in Africa, where early detection remains challenging due to ...

A new review argues that chronic kidney disease may dysregulate pituitary hormones through uremic toxins, inflammation, disrupted FGF23-Klotho signaling, microRNAs, and gut-brain pathways.

A new review proposes that elevated homocysteine and declining Klotho may jointly determine how kidney dysfunction translates ...

Newswise — A study of more than 1 million health records found that very few patients with abnormal urine protein dipstick results had follow-up testing for early kidney disease by albuminuria testing ...

New research reveals how disrupted energy production in the kidneys contributes to progressive kidney disease in diabetes. SINGAPORE / YOKOHAMA, 16 October 2023 – Disrupted kidney metabolism is a key ...