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 ...

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, ...

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

Diabetes affects how the body uses glucose, also known as blood sugar. It can mean that there is too much sugar in the blood. This can harm people in several ways. One serious complication is chronic ...

As such, when a Quora query about caring for stage 3 kidney disease popped up in our feed — “Is it possible for stage 3 ...