‘Major Update’ of BP Guidance for Kidney Disease
The new 2021 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) clinical practice guideline for blood pressure management for adults with chronic
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Causes of food poisoning
Food poisoning is basically food or water borne infections. It may be caused due to bacteria, virus, parasites or toxins
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Coronavirus update: The long term effects of COVID-19 could be worse than anticipated
Coronavirus has dealt two deadly blows to the UK – it has one of the highest death rates in the
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Marathoners, take your marks…and fluid and salt! Study suggests losses of both may lead to post-marathon kidney injury
Legend states that after the Greek army defeated the invading Persian forces near the city of Marathon in 490 B.C.E.,
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Gout ‘more than doubles’ risk of kidney failure: Largest ever study on subject uses data from more than 620,000 patients in UK health system
Patients with gout are at increased risk of chronic kidney disease and kidney failure, according to new University of Limerick
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Why does diabetes cause heart failure? Study reveals what happens at cellular level; findings could lead to new drug treatments
Men with diabetes are 2.4 times more likely than non-diabetics to suffer heart failure and women are five times more
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Taking steps toward a wearable artificial kidney
There just aren’t enough kidney transplants available for the millions of people with renal failure. Aside from a transplant, the
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Unseen infections harming world’s children
Children around the world are suffering from unnoticed infections that are stunting their growth and mental development, new research from
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How chronic infections can outsmart the immune system
Like many chronic infections, visceral leishmaniasis thwarts the immune system’s defenses so it can settle comfortably into its host. Responsible
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Stroke, diabetes, heart disease cause more deaths in India than in West
Deaths from stroke are four times higher and from heart diseases nearly three-fold more in India than in Western countries,
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