The Fenofibrate Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes (FIELD) study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial conducted in Australia, New Zealand, and Finland that was designed to ...
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Foods to Avoid When Creatinine Is High

If you have high blood levels of creatinine, your physician may recommend some dietary adjustments to prevent or delay future kidney health problems.
A new study published in the Journal American Medical Association showed that patients with an Cystatin C based estimated ...
One of the most common reasons for high creatinine is chronic kidney disease, often called CKD. This is a long-term condition in which the kidneys slowly lose their ability to filter waste from the ...
Pre-kidney transplant high creatinine levels in patients on peritoneal dialysis increases the risk for delayed graft function and, among those aged 50 year or older, death-censored graft loss.
The estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is a blood test to assess kidney function. The formula for calculating eGFR takes the patient’s body size, age, and sex into account to predict how well ...
Higher serum creatinine levels that are still within normal ranges are associated with a significantly increased risk of prostate cancer, according to a new study. Compared with patients in the lowest ...