In response to my recent column on creatine, a reader inquired about the difference between creatine versus creatinine. Are they related, and if so, how? Good question, and a topic that often surfaces ...

Though they have similar names, creatine and creatinine are two different compounds. Creatine is a naturally occurring substance in your brain and muscle tissue. Creatinine is the breakdown of ...

Dear Doctors: My father has diabetes and high blood pressure. Sometimes he fails to follow medical care for these diseases. Now his level of creatinine has reached 2.6 mg/dL, which is very high. He is ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD A large prospective study suggests that a routine creatinine blood test may help flag people at higher risk of osteoporosis and fractures, revealing a narrow “sweet spot” where ...

Creatinine, a metabolic by-product of muscle metabolism, serves as a critical biomarker for assessing renal, muscular and thyroid functions. The development of biosensing technologies for the rapid ...

Major differences between eGFR based on cystatin C compared with creatinine were associated with higher rates for all-cause mortality, CV events and kidney failure for outpatients, according to data ...