Medically reviewed by Matthew Wosnitzer, MD Key Takeaways An eGFR below 60 ml/min indicates possible kidney disease. High ...

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 ...

Acute kidney injury did not necessarily explain the study results. Hospitalized patients with reduced kidney function on admission who are discharged with apparently normal kidney function have ...

New findings complement previous research showing no renoprotective effect of urate-lowering therapy in patients with chronic kidney disease. Urate-lowering therapy (ULT) for hyperuricemia in patients ...

Among individuals with healthy kidneys, those with more frequent depressive symptoms were more likely to show signs of rapid kidney function decline over a median follow-up of 4 years. In a study of ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In an analysis of 4,763 adults in China with normal kidney function at baseline, the presence of high depressive ...

Recently, my primary care physician spotted some abnormal numbers related to my kidney function. He suspects that this is related to lisinopril. As a result, he decreased my daily dosage to just 10 mg ...

Children born with a single kidney, known as unilateral renal agenesis (URA), often lead healthy lives due to the remaining kidney's ability to adapt and compensate. While rare, affecting about 1 in 1 ...