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.
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What’s the relationship between high blood pressure and kidney disease, and how can they be prevented?
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.
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 of Medicine, Monash University
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Head of Sport Science, University of Aberdeen
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Director, Nephrology and Kidney Care Services, Melbourne Health
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Transplant Nephrologist, Assistant Professor of Medicine, McMaster University
