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 ...
A new blood test can identify which individuals of African ancestry carrying high-risk APOL1 gene variants are most likely to ...
A routine blood test that measures kidney function can be a valuable predictor of short-term outcomes for stroke patients, according to a study led by a neurologist at Wake Forest Baptist Medical ...
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Early detection of kidney disease is now possible with a simple blood test, as a protein-based risk score can predict kidney ...
Share on Pinterest Could an experimental blood test help predict a range of age-related diseases? Image credit: James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. New research published in Nature ...