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

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

Chronic kidney disease or CKD, is a condition that builds over time, as a result of inappropriate kidney function. The ...

HOUSTON -- Two commonly used kidney function tests had a large degree of disagreement and were linked with serious health outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a ...

A pig kidney with one genetic change functioned in a brain-dead human for 61 days, more than doubling previous records.

A new testing protocol identifies patients whose chest pain is heart-related even though their main heart arteries look ...

Doctors at New York University say two new studies show that they are a significant step closer to making cross-species ...

India is witnessing a rapid rise in chronic kidney disease cases, now affecting 138 million people. This growing crisis ...

In this video, Anjay Rastogi, MD, PhD, professor and Clinical Chief of Nephrology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, discusses the screening process for chronic kidney disease.

This breakthrough offers hope for a future where kidney disease can be better managed—or even prevented. By revealing the ...

A prespecified analysis of the SURPASS-CVOT trial assessed the efficacy and safety of tirzepatide compared with dulaglutide on kidney outcomes in patients with very high-risk CKD and type 2 diabetes.