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This one-minute test could save your kidneys

MANILA, Philippines — January is when many Filipinos quietly resolve to take better care of themselves: eat healthier, walk ...
Science Daily

A simple blood test mismatch linked to kidney failure and death

A major global study suggests that a hidden mismatch between two common blood tests could quietly signal serious trouble ...
Rolling Out

Important kidney test doctors don’t want you to skip

The revolutionary world of medical imaging continues to transform how healthcare professionals protect our most vital organs, and kidney ultrasounds stand at the forefront of this incredible ...
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Kidney test that considers race as factor coming under new scrutiny

MISSION HILLS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A medical test for kidney function that adjusts its results for race is coming under increased scrutiny. Experts are saying the results for African-American ...
Essence

A Racially Biased Test That Prevented Thousands Of Black People From Receiving Kidney Transplants Is Finally Changing

For the past twenty years the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) clinical lab test used to be the gold standard in evaluating “how efficiently a person’s kidneys remove creatinine, a waste ...