Cardiology
Diabetes and kidney trouble can bring heart disease decades earlier, study suggests
People with both type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease face a heart health double-whammy, a new study says.
Nov 11, 2024
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Chronic Kidney Disease
Diabetes
Certain diabetes drugs linked to lower risk of kidney stones and gout
Use of sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor drugs to treat type 2 diabetes may also help to lower the risk of recurrent kidney stones and gout flare-ups, finds a study from Canada published by BMJ.
Nov 1, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
1990 to 2021 saw global rise in chronic kidney disease cases, deaths in women
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) cases and deaths in women surged worldwide between 1990 and 2021, according to a study presented at Kidney Week, the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology, held from Oct. 23 to ...
Nov 1, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fasting diet may aid kidney function, study suggests
In patients with chronic kidney disease, the loss of podocytes—part of the kidney's glomerular filtration barrier—causes irreversible disease progression. So far, physicians and researchers have found no way to effectively ...
Oct 31, 2024
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Health
Tougher limits on salt in packaged foods could save thousands of lives, study shows
Introducing tougher restrictions on sodium levels for packaged food could prevent thousands of deaths and save billions of dollars in health spending in Australia alone, a new study shows.
Oct 31, 2024
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Cardiology
Small but important differences seen between rosuvastatin, atorvastatin
There are small but important differences in risk for some clinical outcomes associated with rosuvastatin and atorvastatin, according to a study published online Oct. 29 in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Oct 30, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Developing kidneys from scratch: Researchers tackle the tremendous burden of kidney disease
To Alex Hughes, Assistant Professor in Bioengineering within Penn Engineering and in Cell and Developmental Biology within Penn Medicine, the kidney is a work of art. "I find the development of the kidney to be a really beautiful ...
Oct 29, 2024
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Genetics
Genetic risk factor for kidney disease identified in West African populations
A study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their collaborators has revealed a significant genetic risk factor for kidney disease in people from Ghana and Nigeria. Their study demonstrated that having ...
Oct 28, 2024
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Cardiology
Empagliflozin offers lasting cardiorenal benefit in CKD patients
Empagliflozin continues to offer cardiorenal benefits for up to 12 months after discontinuation among patients with chronic kidney disease at risk for progression, according to a study published online Oct. 25 in the New ...
Oct 28, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers integrate multiple protein markers to predict health outcomes in individuals with chronic kidney disease
Prior efforts to identify novel kidney biomarkers as risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression have typically evaluated proteins individually, which limits their prognostic power.
Oct 25, 2024
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