kidney disease
- Health
‘Step therapy’ effective strategy for diabetic eye disease: Study
Washington: Clinical trial results suggest that a step strategy, in which patients with diabetic macular oedema start with a less expensive medicine and switch to a more expensive medicine if the vision…
- Hyderabad
Papaya-sized tumour removed from man’s kidney at Kamineni hospital
Hyderabad: A tumour the size of a papaya was removed from a 64-year-old man’s kidney at Kamineni Hospital in LB Nagar in Hyderabad, on Wednesday. The urologists performed the complex surgery on…
- Lifestyle
What causes kidney ailments in children?
It’s often hard for children to resist eating junk foods. Consuming anything in excessive quantities is always harmful to health. Junk food is high in calories and contains unhealthy fats that can…
- Health
Kidney disease leading risk for COVID-related hospitalisation
Washington: An analysis of Geisinger’s electronic health records has revealed chronic kidney disease to be the leading risk factor for hospitalisation from COVID-19. A team of Geisinger researchers studied the health records…
- Health
Chronic kidney disease killing over 1mn people worldwide
New York: Researchers have revealed that chronic kidney disease caused 1.23 million deaths worldwide in 2017 and the rates of people needing dialysis have increased more than 40 per cent since 1990.…
- Health
New treatment shows promise to cure kidney disease
New York:Â Researchers have found a potential treatment for polycystic kidney disease, a genetic disorder that causes the kidneys to swell with multiple cysts and can eventually lead to organ failure. The study…
- Health
Study links heartburn drugs to stomach cancer, lethal heart and kidney disease
Washington: People frequently popping pills for heartburn need to take note! A recent study has found that heartburn, ulcers and acid reflux drugs are associated with a higher risk of premature death.…
- Health
Drug ‘canagliflozin’ lowers the risk of kidney failure in diabetes patients
Washington: In a landmark clinical trial, researchers have found that a drug called canagliflozin decreases the risk of kidney failure by third in the patients’ suffering from Type 2 diabetes and kidney…
- Health
Common heartburn drug linked to kidney disease risk
New York: Intake of widely prescribed drugs to neutralise stomach acid by people with heartburn or stomach ulcers could be associated with increased risk of kidney disease, warns a study of over…
