BIRMINGHAM, AL — Among older black individuals, but not older white individuals, having elevated urinary albumin excretion--defined as a urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) of >30 mg/g--predicts ...

Type 1 diabetes patients with elevated albumin in their urine had three times the risk of life-threatening kidney and cardiac disease as those with normal levels, according to researchers at the ...

Imaging tests in individuals with type 2 diabetes without symptoms of cardiovascular disease indicated that elevated albumin in the urine may be linked with sub-clinical coronary artery pathology, ...

Scientists at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB-FORTH) and the University of Crete, together with ...

(HealthDay News) — An elevated urinary albumin excretion rate can predict adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention, according to a study ...

Higher concentrations of a specific protein in urine may be a predictor for developing dementia, based on a large, recently published study by researchers from the Netherlands and Sweden. Albumin is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “In type 2 diabetes, previous cohort studies found a doubled risk for diabetic foot ulcers or amputations in ...

Advances in non-invasive imaging have allowed clinicians to assess both the structure and function of coronary arteries. Investigators who recently used positron emission tomography and computed ...

Microalbuminuria (a high albumin level in your urine) is often a marker of diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease). Since microalbuminuria often doesn’t cause symptoms, experts recommend seeing a doctor ...