Diabetes
Ozempic, Wegovy have health benefits beyond weight loss, studies find
New trials are showing how the blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss meds Ozempic and Wegovy can boost health in even more ways.
Aug 30, 2024
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Diabetes
Mankai plant found to reduce post-meal sugar levels in diabetics
A pioneering clinical trial conducted at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has demonstrated that consuming Mankai—a novel cultivated aquatic plant—after meals can significantly ...
Aug 29, 2024
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Surgery
Donating a kidney is even safer now than long thought, US study shows
People who volunteer to donate a kidney face an even lower risk of death from the operation than doctors have long thought, researchers reported Wednesday.
Aug 28, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study finds critically ill influenza patients face double the risk of acute kidney injury compared to COVID-19 patients
Researchers at the LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) revealed that critically ill patients with influenza A have a significantly higher risk of developing acute kidney injury (AKI) than those with ...
Aug 28, 2024
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Medical research
Review highlights advances in kidney cancer research and care
New insights into the biology of kidney cancer, including those informed by scientific discoveries that earned a Nobel Prize, have led to advances in treatment and increased survival rates, according to a review by UNC Lineberger ...
Aug 28, 2024
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Surgery
Kidney donors' risk of death is at an all-time low, study finds
The risk of death for people who donate a kidney for transplantation—already small a decade ago—has dropped by more than half since then, a new study shows.
Aug 28, 2024
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Cardiology
Recent recreational drug use triples risk of repeat serious cardiovascular event, research finds
New research presented at this year's ESC Congress 2024 in London, UK (30 Aug–2 Sept) shows that among patients admitted to the intensive cardiac care unit (ICCU), those with a recent history of recreational drug use are ...
Aug 28, 2024
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Older adults with acute kidney injury face higher dementia risk
Acute kidney injury is associated with an increased risk of developing dementia, according to a new study published in the journal Neurology by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and others.
Aug 26, 2024
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Surgery
First-of-its kind program makes organ transplants more accessible to disadvantaged Black Americans
Black people in the United States are almost four times more likely to develop kidney failure and experience heart failure compared to white Americans, but they are much less likely to receive lifesaving transplants.
Aug 26, 2024
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Medications
Higher thiazide doses shown to reduce kidney stone events
Higher thiazide doses are associated with greater reductions in urine calcium, which in turn correlate with fewer symptomatic kidney stone events, according to a Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) study published ...
Aug 22, 2024
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