A team has devised a more accurate way of measuring an indicator of kidney function known as glomerular filtration rate (GFR) by taking aging into account. Annual health checkups regularly include ...

ATLANTA—Increased urine protein is associated with an increased risk of white coat, masked, and sustained hypertension in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), a study reported at the American ...

Current equations for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) that use serum creatinine or cystatin C incorporate age, sex, and race to estimate measured GFR. However, race in eGFR equations is a ...

Background: Inflammation is associated with increased resting energy expenditure (REE) in patients with chronic kidney disease. Oxidative stress, on the other hand, appears not to increase REE.

Diabetic nephropathy has five stages that describe the progression of the disease from least to most severe. Diabetic nephropathy, also known as diabetic kidney disease, is a slowly progressing ...

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 ...