A smartphone-based home albuminuria testing kit may help to increase albuminuria screenings for patients with hypertension or ...

Aydogan Ozcan, PhD A digital sensing platform could allow patients with chronic kidney ailments or diabetes to test their own urine albumin levels. A digital sensing platform that runs on a smartphone ...

EKF Diagnostics, the global in vitro diagnostics company, announces the availability of a liquid, enzymatic test for glycated albumin (GA) that was recently FDA cleared for sales in the U.S. GA, used ...

Daily, at-home blood glucose testing gives diabetics a way to monitor their glycemic control over the short term, and HbA1c testing gives a better picture long-term. Epinex Diagnostics Inc., a company ...

A lightweight and portable device conducts kidney tests and transmits data through a cellphone attachment may significantly reduce the need for frequent office visits by diabetes patients and others ...

An A/G ratio is a blood test that compares the amount of albumin and globulin in your blood. A normal A/G ratio is between 1.1 and 2.5. A low A/G ratio may be due to kidney disease, liver disease, ...

Normally functioning kidneys remove waste products from the blood, while ensuring important substances such as albumin stay in the blood. Albumin is required in the body to help prevent water leaking ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Aihara and colleagues presented the findings at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes virtual ...

This study aimed to examine the prognostic value of C-reactive protein (CRP)/albumin (ALB) ratio among patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) in predicting 30-day mortality rate.

Contributed by Kim Zuber, PA-C, who oversees patients in seven dialysis centers for Metropolitan Nephrology Associates, Clinton, Md. Referrals to our nephrology office often come with a 24-hour urine ...

How big an impact could your results have within the field and for health care generally? Dr. Ozcan: We believe that this automated and field-portable albumin-detection platform running on cell phones ...