Japan has one of the world's fastest-aging populations, but maintaining independence into very old age remains a growing public health challenge. Nearly 60% of Japanese adults aged 85 years and older already receive support ...
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A new study is raising questions about whether human endurance has biological limits shaped long before adulthood—possibly beginning at birth. Researchers are examining whether birth weight, a known risk factor for disease ...
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Excessive phosphate loading within the proximal tubular lumen has been proposed as a key mechanism driving progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) through calcium phosphate microcrystallopathy. Researchers at the University ...
Apr 30, 2026
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High ambient temperatures are associated with increased chronic kidney disease (CKD) prevalence and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) incidence, according to a study published online Jan. 9 in the Clinical Journal of the American ...
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An interdisciplinary team from the University Hospitals Cologne and Bonn have conducted the first prospective study to investigate whether very early intervention in unborn children with congenital lower urinary tract obstruction ...
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Doctors treating kidney disease have long depended on trial-and-error to find the best therapies for individual patients. Now, new artificial intelligence (AI) tools developed by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine ...
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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common inherited condition that can lead to kidney failure. Being able to accurately predict how the disease will progress is very important for selecting the ...
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In modern hospitals, timely and accurate decision-making is essential—especially in radiology, where contrast media consultations often require rapid answers rooted in complex clinical guidelines. Yet, physicians are frequently ...
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SGLT2 inhibitors have become a major drug used to treat diabetes, heart failure, and chronic kidney disease. However, there have been questions as to whether it is safe to use these drugs in patients after a recent heart ...
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A research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed a method to predict early-stage kidney damage caused by certain cancer treatments. The kidneys begin to shrink slightly—months before any measurable ...
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