Understanding your creatinine levels is important for monitoring kidney function. When you go for your yearly check-up, you'll likely have a routine blood test for creatinine. In some ...

Recently, my primary care physician spotted some abnormal numbers related to my kidney function. He suspects that this is ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 73-year-old female. A recent blood test returned an eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate) of 59. My physician’s nurse told me that the test was normal. When I asked her ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that even slight abnormalities in kidney function—within the normal ...