Kidney disease is often associated with dialysis or transplants, but it also affects memory and concentration, and increases stroke risk.
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The rise of overfilled ‘trout pouts’ and stiff ‘duck lips’ has sparked a wave of alarm.
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.
Long-term use of proton pump inhibitor drugs have been linked to kidney problems and cancer.
Patients with kidney failure need regular dialysis treatments to survive. However, the equipment, supplies and medical staff needed for dialysis have been largely destroyed by the assault on Gaza.
Oral hygiene is often neglected but research has shown that abnormal bacterial communities in the mouth can cause serious disease.
What’s the relationship between high blood pressure and kidney disease, and how can they be prevented?
The danger from contaminated cough syrups is that early symptoms of poisoning, such as drowsiness, are sometimes observed in children without contamination.
Hemodialysis filters kidney patients’ blood through a machine. Improving the membranes that mimic kidney function could reduce complications and side-effects, with better treatment results.
Thousands of Canadians are on waiting lists for life-saving organ transplants. An opt-out organ donor system, like the one Nova Scotia is implementing, could reduce avoidable deaths and suffering.
When it comes to exercise, there’s no month like January, when resolutions kick into gear and call us to the gym. And while physical activity is good, you can injure yourself by overdoing.
Chronic kidney disease is a global problem with about 10% of the world’s population suffering from the disease.
Working out is always good for you – until it’s not.
Diabetes is a leading cause of death as well as of heart attacks, strokes, amputations, kidney failure, depression and severe infections – all of which themselves contribute to premature death.
An increase in child obesity is spurring on hypertension and diabetes among children, which may lead to chronic kidney disease.
The ability to grow new kidneys from stem cells might transform our treatment for kidney disease.
Rather innocuous-looking and tucked away below the ribcage, kidneys are crucial for keeping us alive and well.
Researchers at Ohio State University discovered a chemical that causes “kidney failure” in mosquitoes, which could lead to…
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Professor (Hon) at Monash University, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Clinical senior lecturer, The University of Western Australia
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Head of Sport Science, University of Aberdeen
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Principle dietitian at the Nutrition Information Centre, Stellenbosch University
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Senior specialist in the Division of Nephrology, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Professor of Medicine, Monash University
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Masters of Public Health student, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
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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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Clinical professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
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Transplant Nephrologist, Assistant Professor of Medicine, McMaster University
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