Contributed by Kim Zuber, PA-C, who oversees patients in seven dialysis centers for Metropolitan Nephrology Associates, Clinton, Md. Referrals to our nephrology office often come with a 24-hour urine ...

Q. In the past, you’ve discussed blood in the urine. I don’t have that problem, but during my annual checkup last week, my doctor found protein in my urine. Is this a serious problem? And what should ...

Medically reviewed by Jamin Brahmbhatt, MD Key Takeaways Protein in urine can be a sign of kidney disease and usually there ...

The addition of serum cystatin C level to the combination of serum creatinine level and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) for the classification of chronic kidney disease (CKD) improves the ...

Normally functioning kidneys remove waste products from the blood, while ensuring important substances such as albumin stay in the blood. Albumin is required in the body to help prevent water leaking ...

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel's Healthy.io said on Thursday it raised $60 million in funding and received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its smartphone-based urine albumin test ...

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Millions of Canadians living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) may be going without critical testing from their primary care practitioners that would give them a good idea of the severity of the ...