What’s the relationship between high blood pressure and kidney disease, and how can they be prevented?
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The American Academy of Pediatrics has recently released new obesity management guidelines in order to help address the growing obesity crisis in children.
Nigerians are fond of beans but they need to preserve them without using toxic chemicals.
Many of the temperatures presently being recorded in Africa, and those projected in the next decade, are already close to the limits of human survival, or “liveability”.
Targets for diabetes would improve healthy lives, reduce deaths, and be cost effective. But they should not be for managing diabetes alone; they must include treating hypertension.
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.
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.
You might have heard of polycystic ovary syndrome, but what about polycystic kidney disease? This genetic disorder sees cysts growing in the kidneys.
The need for organs to transplant far exceeds the supply.
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?
Brief exposure to a family of chemicals used as flame retardants early in life can permanently alter fat levels in the blood and liver, raising the risk of liver cancer and heart disease.
Researchers who’ve created a kidney-on-a-chip explain why these kinds of devices are an improvement over traditional ways to test new drugs.
Politicians make sweeping statements on how to close the gap. But here’s advice from people working directly with Indigenous communities who have evidence for what actually works.
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.
Caring about someone you have never met, this new brain research suggests, may have a lot in common with caring about the people you love.
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.
A trial of methylprednisolone in kidney patients was halted recently because of safety concerns. But this doesn’t affect people taking the drug for asthma, arthritis or other inflammatory conditions.
A blood pressure test can say a lot about your health, but new research says not all readings are correct.
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Professor, School of Medicine, Deakin University
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Head of Diabetes Clinics, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Director of The Mothers and Babies Research Centre at the Hunter Medicial Research Institute, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Medicine, Bond University
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Executive Director, Professor of Medicine, George Institute for Global Health
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Purple House Medical Advisor. Honorary ANU., Australian National University
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Research Fellow in Reproductive Health, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor of the School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
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Research fellow, George Institute for Global Health
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Professor and Director of Nephrology, Monash University
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Medical student, University of Tasmania
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Pharmacy, University of Tasmania
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Associate Dean (Research Degrees) and Research Group Leader, Monash University
