The creatinine blood test helps doctors diagnose kidney disease. A poorly functioning kidney cannot filter creatinine as well as it usually does, which causes levels in the blood to rise.

The tests, checks and jabs are all available on the NHS or to do at home and doing them could help spot problems in time to ...

For a disease afflicting 35.5 million people in the U.S., chronic kidney disease flies under the radar. Only half the people who have it are formally diagnosed.

High blood pressure typically doesn't present any noticeable symptoms on its own, until it leads to severe health problems such as heart disease, stroke and kidney disease. These checks can be ...

While no one loves to get their blood drawn, these tests can reveal much about our health, providing information on everything from cholesterol levels to kidney function. How often you should get ...

Kidney function: While taking Ozempic, a doctor may request blood or urine tests to monitor the health of your kidneys. This is because semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic may increase ...

Researchers have identified type 5 collagen as a key factor in kidney fibrosis, revealing its potential as a biomarker to predict chronic kidney disease progression. A repurposed anti-cancer drug, ...

"Early detection and treatment could help to slow the progression of kidney disease and prevent long-term damage," say the study leaders Rainer Oberbauer and Heinz Regele. High blood pressure and ...

On the occasion of World Kidney Day, Manipal Hospital Millers Road, hosted an awareness session to highlight the growing ...

Crossmatch tests of the prospective kidney-transplant donor's lymphocytes ... as being due to immunization from the transfused blood, and it did not differ significantly from that in female ...