Living kidney donors with discordant kidney function measures had lower eGFR after donation and a higher risk for eGFR counts ...

Glomerular hyperfiltration may increase CVD risks, including myocardial infarction and heart failure, for patients with type ...

A year after guidelines were revised to remove the use of race in eGFR, many labs and pathologists were still relying on the ...

Beacon Journal sports writer George M. Thomas shares his story of renal disease and subsequent kidney transplant.

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Loss of kidney function poses a significant health burden. Kidney function is commonly assessed using estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) based on serum creatinine, with UK Biobank offering ...

The FDA’s recent approval of OZEMPIC highlights the expanding use of GLP-1 drugs beyond diabetes and weight management. Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster medication has gained another label expansion, now ...

Chronic kidney disease has been linked to yo-yo dieting (also known as body-weight cycling) in the general population, which interested investigators in potential links between these weight ...

Objective Many societies recommend using estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) rather than serum creatinine (sCr) to determine metformin eligibility. We examined the potential impact of ...

We regard this development with concern. Such reporting constitutes de facto screening for chronic kidney disease (CKD), and the validity of eGFR for this purpose has not been appropriately tested.

A race-based method for calculating kidney function resulted in many Black patients being lower on the transplant waitlist ...

Body weight cycling in type 1 diabetes is associated with increased risk of chronic kidney disease. Maintaining stable weight ...