People with lower kidney function may have higher levels of several blood markers often used in research on Alzheimer's ...

Lower kidney function is associated with elevated Alzheimer’s blood biomarkers, raising implications for dementia diagnosis ...

Identifying population-based eGFR distributions may help to identify patients at risk for developing chronic kidney disease earlier, according to study data published in Kidney International. More ...

Vegan and pesco-vegetarian diets were associated with better kidney function compared with nonvegetarian diets, according to ...

Acute kidney injury - defined as an abrupt decline in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) - is among the top causes of hospitalization during a heat wave. New research published ahead of print in the ...

In many situations, it is essential that the physician knows a patient's kidney function as precisely as possible. The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is calculated in order to assess kidney function ...

Initiating treatment with an SGLT2 inhibitor rather than a GLP-1RA is associated with better renal outcomes in people with ...

An eGFR below 60 ml/min indicates possible kidney disease. High creatinine levels in the blood can suggest the kidneys are not working well. A urine albumin result higher than 30 mg/gram may be a sign ...

The human kidney filters about a cup of blood every minute, removing waste, excess fluid, and toxins from it, while also ...