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

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

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

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 ...

Kristin Weiland is a documentary film producer and writer with a background in crisis management and ethnographic research. She specializes in investigative and social impact documentary projects, and ...

The estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is a blood test to assess kidney function. The formula for calculating eGFR takes the patient’s body size, age, and sex into account to predict how well ...