New Eye Scan May Detect Kidney Disease Early: Study

Get your eyes checked for your kidney health? New 3D eye scans are now available that can reveal important information about kidney health and could revolutionize how kidney disease is monitored, new research suggests. Experts of the study, published in Nature Communications, say the new technology has the potential to support early kidney disease diagnosis—something current screening tests are unable to do. In fact, current screening tests typically cannot detect kidney disease until at least half of kidney function is lost. How It Works It all starts with a 3D scan of the retina, which sits in the back of the eye and is responsible for sensing light and sending signals to the brain. Researchers believe the images offer a way to predict kidney health because of how similar the eye and kidney are in structure. With the 3D scan, using highly magnified images, researchers were able to detect retinal changes....