Medically reviewed by Matthew Wosnitzer, MD Key Takeaways IgA nephropathy is diagnosed through a combination of clinical ...

MISSION HILLS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A medical test for kidney function that adjusts its results for race is coming under increased scrutiny. Experts are saying the results for African-American ...

Subtle abnormalities in kidney function – even within the range considered normal – may help identify people at risk of ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that even slight abnormalities in kidney function—within the normal ...

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 ...

Disagreement between creatinine and cystatin C kidney tests signals a much higher risk of serious disease and death, suggesting both measures should be used together. A new study suggests that when ...

This is Part 3 of Embedded Bias, a series revealing how race-based clinical algorithms pervade medicine and why it's so difficult to change them. There it was on James Cannon’s lab report, two tiny ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jazmin Evans had been waiting for a new kidney for four years when her hospital revealed shocking news: She should have been put on the transplant list in 2015 instead of 2019 — ...

Jazmin Evans had been waiting for a new kidney for four years when her hospital revealed shocking news: She should have been put on the transplant list in 2015 instead of 2019 — and a racially biased ...