Kidney disease is often associated with dialysis or transplants, but it also affects memory and concentration, and increases stroke risk.
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This little-known brain disorder is currently one of the biggest challenges facing medicine where age-related diseases are concerned.
A new study explores the genetics of chronic kidney disease across diverse African populations.
By the time you have symptoms of kidney disease, any damage is likely permanent. Here’s what we need to do instead.
A prolonged drought in the San Luis Valley has contributed to kidney issues in agricultural workers.
Kidney damage, then, can affect almost part of your body – but there are simple lifestyle changes you can make today to avoid harming your kidneys tomorrow.
Too often, patients with chronic kidney disease get diagnosed too late – if at all. Addressing risk factors early can stave off the disease’s worst effects.
A study shows a significant genetic risk factor for kidney disease in people from Ghana and Nigeria.
What’s the relationship between high blood pressure and kidney disease, and how can they be prevented?
Following a healthy diet may lower the risk of disease complications and allow patients to live well despite having the disease.
Patients with kidney disease may also have heart problems or diabetes – both of which have been linked with more severe COVID-19 infections.
A safe home, a working fridge and access to transport are all needed before western medicine has a chance of working in the long term. But a new way of providing care can help.
The threshold for diagnosing common conditions such as high blood pressure, chronic kidney disease and gestational diabetes have all lowered in recent years. But for whose benefit?
While school sores – or impetigo – is a treatable condition, if left untreated it can lead to much more serious illness such as kidney and heart disease.
Chronic kidney disease is a global problem with about 10% of the world’s population suffering from the disease.
The number of Australians with chronic kidney disease is set to rise, but there’s no cure for most people. Here’s what you need to know about this silent killer.
An increase in child obesity is spurring on hypertension and diabetes among children, which may lead to chronic kidney disease.
By forgetting that medicine postpones death rather than saving lives, we persuade ourselves it might somehow keep extending our life and come to view death as a failure of medicine.
Rather innocuous-looking and tucked away below the ribcage, kidneys are crucial for keeping us alive and well.
Aboriginal patients with chronic disease are having $1,700 too little spent on them, according to a study published today…
Top contributors
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Senior Research Manager, University of Sydney and Honorary Assistant Professor, Bond University
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Director, Nephrology and Kidney Care Services, Melbourne Health
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Paediatric Nephrologist and Senior Specialist in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University
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Associate professor, University of Canberra
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Executive Director, Professor of Medicine, George Institute for Global Health
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PhD student, Faculty of Health, School of Medicine, Deakin University
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Professor and Director of Nephrology, Monash University
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Clinical senior lecturer, The University of Western Australia
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PhD Candidate, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia
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Senior specialist in the Division of Nephrology, Stellenbosch University
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Medical Science Research Fellow, University of Canberra
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Research fellow, George Institute for Global Health
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Clinical Professorial Research Fellow, Australian Women and Girls' Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland