Ignoring repeated abnormal urine tests "is bad medicine" that "endangers the safety of the patients and the community." The KHN investigation earlier this year found that dozens of pain doctors with ...

Only 1 in 15 urine dipstick tests showing proteinuria in the primary care setting are followed up with albuminuria quantification testing, according to investigators. These findings expose a broad gap ...

Very few patients with abnormal urine protein dipstick results have albuminuria measured as recommended by clinical guidelines. A real-world US study documents shortfalls in follow-up care after ...

In April 2014, state and federal drug agents raided Jeffrey Campbell’s medical clinic in Jeffersonville, Ind. Police cars blocked the parking lot as bewildered patients scattered and the agents carted ...

When a doctor suspects bladder cancer, they will order a series of tests which may include urine tests (urinalysis or urine ...

Normal urine color ranges from pale yellow to deep gold. Urine that’s abnormally colored may have tints of red, orange, blue, green, or brown. Abnormal urine color can be caused by a variety of issues ...

Former President Joe Biden announced this weekend that he has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death for men in the United States. About 1 ...

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed a new gene-based test to detect and monitor cancers involving the bladder and upper urothelial tissues. They called it UroSEEK ...

Your body typically uses glucose, or sugar, as its main source of energy. When cells don’t get the glucose they need, the body begins to use fat instead. Burning fat produces ketones, a type of acid ...

The pH scale is used to measure the acidity of a fluid. The pH scale ranges from 0 to 14. A pH of 7 is neutral, whereas a pH result below 7 is acidic and above 7 is alkaline. Urine has the widest ...