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Industry professionals attend conferences to network, learn, connect with peers and, now, thanks to smartphone-based diagnostic tests, they get can important health screenings, too. At the ...

Today, the American Kidney Fund (AKF) and the IgA Nephrology Foundation announce the creation of a new resource for IgA nephropathy patients and their loved ones: the IgA nephropathy patient ...

U.S. Renal Care, the nation's leading provider of dialysis to more than 37,000 people living with kidney disease, premiered a new short film today telling the story of Dwaine "DJ" Haskins Jr., whose ...

The kidneys are vital organs that act as your body’s filtration system. They filter your blood, remove waste and excess water from your body, and make urine. They also control your blood pressure, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The paper provides a race-free equation to estimate kidney filtration in adults with stable kidney function. It ...

THIS TIME OF YEAR. THANKS, DALENCIA. IN THIS MORNING’S MEDICAL ALERT, MARCUS NATIONAL KIDNEY MONTH, IT’S A CHANCE TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT KIDNEY DISEASE AND REALLY TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR OWN HEALTH.

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 ...