Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kristal Higgins just wants to be healthy, become a nurse and travel to Greece. But she has kidney failure and has been on a ...

Dennis Moledina encountered a common problem during his training in nephrology, the specialty dedicated to kidney health.

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers are reporting success after a new effort to reverse racial bias against Black kidney patients is paying off.

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 ...

An Effort to Remedy Harm From a Race-Based Kidney Test Helps Black Patients Seeking Transplants WASHINGTON (AP) — An unprecedented effort to reverse the effects of a racially biased medical test that ...

A commentary by Calvin Meaney urges discontinuation of outdated tests that are imprecise or disadvantage Black patients.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jazmin Evans had been waiting for a new kidney for four years when her hospital revealed shocking news: She should have been put on the transplant list in 2015 instead of 2019 — ...

After collecting an FDA clearance last year for its smartphone-based home kidney test, Healthy.io is letting it be known that it has the cash to help back it up. The company disclosed a previously ...

S1: Welcome in San Diego , it's Jade Hindman. On today's midday edition , racial bias in a kidney test prevented thousands of black patients from getting the transplants they needed. We'll talk about ...

An unprecedented effort to reverse the effects of a racially biased medical test that blocked or delayed Black people from ...