Foamy urine can be a sign of kidney trouble, but it is not always serious. Research shows only a third of people with foamy ...

We often focus on blood work for diagnostics, but urine tests hold great power mdash; sometimes uncovering things that blood ...

Inpatients with type 2 diabetes who consume larger quantities of sodium may have higher urinary protein levels without other markers of acute kidney injury, according to findings published in the ...

Noticing foam in your urine once in a while isn’t always a cause for concern. It can simply indicate dehydration — when your ...

Look for patterns instead of just one day’s change. Concerns grow when foamy urine: *Appears consistently over several days ...

Reducing the amount of protein in the urine of patients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), a rare disease in which scar tissue forms on the parts of the kidneys that filter waste from the ...

Many people have peed in a plastic cup at the doctor’s office or on a stick at home. One standard test looks for sugar in the ...

ALTHOUGH siderophilin (transferrin) is present in the urine of nephrotic patients 1 and is often in low concentration in the serum of these patients, 1,2 the quantitative aspects of siderophilinuria ...

The current recommended urine protein to creatinine ratio is arbitrary, and a lower bar would capture more lupus nephritis ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband had many tests for bacteria in his urine. Three months ago, he had no protein in the urine; two months ago, the number of protein was 20; one month ago, the number was 100.