It's easier to check your kidney health at home now more than ever. We've rounded up the best at-home kidney health test kits.

The most important test to check the health of the kidney is the kidney function test. It is also called renal function test. In this, the functioning of the kidney is checked on several ...

A study at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC) has found that a test of kidney function that measures blood levels of cystatin C—a protein produced by most cells in the body—is a far more ...

Kidney function tests, also known as renal function tests, use eGFR alone or in combination with a urine test to evaluate the efficiency of waste clearance by the kidneys.

Scientists are developing new ways of estimating a person’s kidney health that don’t make potentially harmful assumptions based on the patient's race, Consumer Reports says.

Research from Kaiser Permanente supports the use of cystatin C tests as an alternative to creatinine-based tests for accurately assessing kidney function without the inclusion of race. The study ...

A team of researchers at UM have developed an innovative new tool that could transform how kidney disease is detected—especially in under-served and remote communities.

Accurate knowledge of kidney function is also a matter of patient safety, according to Shlipak: “Surgery, some other medical procedures, and certain medications all can have an adverse impact on ...

An expert task force released a new and much-anticipated approach for diagnosing kidney function, saying there is no need for controversial algorithms that consider race in the assessment of ...

Race is no longer being considered an important test to estimate kidney function. Bernadeia Johnson, a Black woman from Minneapolis, had kidney transplant surgery last month.

Kidney function goes down with age, but yours is a little lower than typical for a 55-year-old. That may be normal for you.