Medically reviewed by Steffini Stalos, DO Your kidney function test results are a measure of how well your kidneys are working to filter your blood and remove excess water and waste from the body. For ...

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) indicates prolonged kidney damage over three months, often undetectable until significant harm ...

EGFR-positive lung cancer means that there’s a change in part of the tumor’s DNA. This change, known as a mutation, may be helping it grow. This is common among people with lung cancer who ...

would be used as a means for the diagnosis of kidney disease in patients with no a priori evidence of such disease. Herein lies the crux of our concern. A laboratory-reported eGFR value is usually ...