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Dear Doctors: My father has diabetes and high blood pressure. Sometimes he fails to follow medical care for these diseases. Now his level of creatinine has reached 2.6 mg/dL, which is very high. He is ...

The results of two large-scale studies demonstrate that sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors significantly reduce the risk of kidney disease progression, hospitalization, and death in ...

Elevated creatinine levels signal potential kidney strain, indicating impaired waste filtering. While normal ranges exist, factors like muscle mass and diet influence results. Persistent high levels ...

In late-breaking presentations at the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week meeting and simultaneously published in two companion papers in JAMA, the findings are based on data from over 70,000 ...

Share on Pinterest Scientists believe a new urine biomarker could help predict kidney disease earlier. caifas/Getty Images Researchers have found a new biomarker in urine that could help diagnose ...

Low testosterone levels appear to protect kidney cells in mice from cell death. The finding could explain why women are at a lower risk of acute kidney injury than men. Tomokazu Souma at Duke ...