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Hepatitis B is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV), and long-term hepatitis B infections that last longer than six months are considered "chronic." Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) poses a huge health care burden ...
Mar 24, 2025
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Globally, the rate of death from chronic kidney disease increased 24% from 1990 to 2021, according to statistics published by the American Heart Association. The rise in kidney disease rates is a major concern for cardiovascular ...
Mar 24, 2025
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In a 2024 clinical practice guideline issued by the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) organization, a synopsis of which was published online March 11 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, updated recommendations ...
Mar 19, 2025
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An Australian medical technology company, Proteomics International, has published a study demonstrating a new blood test significantly outperforms conventional tests in identifying the risk of diabetes-related chronic kidney ...
Mar 11, 2025
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There is a dose-response relationship between physical activity and rapid kidney function decline in older adults, according to a study published online Feb. 11 in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
Feb 25, 2025
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Body-weight cycling (also known as yo-yo dieting) has been shown to significantly increase the risk of kidney disease in people with type 1 diabetes, regardless of body mass index (BMI) and other traditional risk factors, ...
Feb 4, 2025
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Statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs, have no effect on kidney function, a research team led by the University of Iowa has found.
Jan 27, 2025
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Nearly 10% of people live with chronic kidney disease—in other words, their kidneys can't adequately filter waste from their blood. Now a Canadian study links that malfunction to impaired cognitive performance in reasoning, ...
Jan 14, 2025
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Annual health checkups regularly include urine tests that serve several purposes, including checking for symptoms of kidney disease. The presence of albumin in the urine is one indicator, as is glomerular filtration rate ...
Jan 6, 2025
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COVID-19 is associated with accelerated decline in kidney function, especially after hospitalization, according to a study published online Dec. 26 in JAMA Network Open.
Dec 31, 2024
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