Health
Teen boys with high blood pressure face danger decades later
Teenage boys who have high blood pressure may find themselves on the road to serious heart problems in adulthood.
Sep 30, 2023
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Chronic Kidney Disease
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fitness and staving off weight gain may be more important than weight loss to prevent kidney disease in obese adults
As obesity is a contributing factor to chronic kidney disease, weight loss can help mitigate a patient's risk. But new research suggests that fitness and preventing weight gain could actually play a more important role in ...
Sep 28, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New research: Acute kidney damage spreads over time
When our kidneys are acutely damaged, it can cause necrotic injury, which is the death of cells in the kidney. A new study from Aarhus University has now found that the cell damage spreads over several days after the immediate ...
Sep 26, 2023
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Medications
Uromodulin levels may indicate risk for kidney failure
Prior studies of uromodulin, the most abundant protein in urine, and kidney disease have focused primarily on urinary uromodulin levels. A study, published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD), evaluated associations ...
Sep 21, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Low follow-up kidney testing after hospital discharge with moderate to severe AKI, requires improvement
A study of Canadian hospitalizations from 2007–2019 show that over 75% of patients with moderate to severe acute kidney injury (AKI) do not get appropriate follow-up kidney health testing after hospital discharge.
Sep 21, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Disparities in flu vaccine uptake persist in people with kidney disease: Study
Among adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) enrolled in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC), young age, Black race, and low levels of education and income were associated with lower likelihood of getting an annual ...
Sep 19, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Exercise key to improving quality of life for kidney patients, researcher says
Exercise-based rehab can slow chronic kidney disease, boost transplant readiness and recovery and improve quality of life, a study shows.
Sep 19, 2023
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Medications
Risk for dementia reduced in association with antihypertensive use
Antihypertensive use is associated with a reduced risk for dementia compared with untreated hypertension, according to research published online Sept. 12 in JAMA Network Open.
Sep 13, 2023
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Medications
Investigators find strong association of kidney injury with dasatinib, a commonly used oncological therapeutic
Investigators have found that dasatinib, a drug commonly used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia, is strongly associated with kidney injury.
Sep 12, 2023
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Genetics
Researchers identify gene associated with kidney disease
Chronic kidney disease is a public health burden impacting more than 37 million people worldwide, including nearly one million Americans. It is characterized by the accumulation of toxins, which further damages the kidney, ...
Sep 5, 2023
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