Your kidney function test results are a measure of how well your kidneys are working to filter your blood and remove excess water and waste from the body. For example, the estimated glomerular ...

A new blood test can identify which individuals of African ancestry carrying high-risk APOL1 gene variants are most likely to ...

Your results are a story, and a single result is only one word of it. The number on last year’s panel tells you almost ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 73-year-old female. A recent blood test returned an eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate) of 59. My physician’s nurse told me that the test was normal. When I asked her ...

Blood test reports often feel like a maze of unfamiliar terms. But, two markers hold a lot of meaning: uric acid and ...

A routine blood test that measures kidney function can be a valuable predictor of short-term outcomes for stroke patients, according to a study led by a neurologist at Wake Forest Baptist Medical ...