21.   Specifically, the panel wanted additional information on whether use of the drug for longer than five years would affect kidney function and cause loss of bone density.

22.   Starting a year ago February, her kidney function and energy declined steadily.

23.   Testing of kidney function is inexpensive and reliable and can be done with simple blood and urine tests.

24.   That is especially a problem in people with poor kidney function.

25.   The Kidney Foundation recommends athletes undergo periodic monitoring of kidney function.

26.   The system would assign each patient a score of need based on three standardized tests measuring blood-clotting ability, liver function and kidney function.

27.   Twenty months old at the time, Shelby seemed to be recovering well until November, when her kidney function rapidly declined.

28.   We remain healthy so long as our livers and kidneys function as the orderly bureaucrats they are trained to be.

29.   Premier Andreas Papandreou on Thursday was reacting well to a tracheotomy but his breathing and kidney functions remained dependant on mechanical support.

30.   A year after their operations, kidney function as measured by its ability to filter waste products from the blood was significantly better in the group weaned off cyclosporine.