How fruits, vegetables may help protect the kidneys
Dietary changes reduce metabolic acidosis and kidney injury in kidney disease patients Highlight • Adding fruits and vegetables to the diet is an effective alternative to medication to reduce...
View ArticleGallstones, BMI linked in new study
New research reveals a causal association between elevated body mass index (BMI) and increased risk of gallstone disease. Results published in Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the...
View ArticlePaying people to become kidney donors could be cost-effective
Washington, DC (October 24, 2013) — A strategy where living kidney donors are paid $10,000, with the assumption that this strategy would increase the number of transplants performed by 5% or more,...
View ArticleHow the acid levels in your diet could have profound effects on your kidney...
Highlights • In patients with hypertensive nephropathy, kidney health was preserved in those consuming extra fruits and vegetables, which are highly alkaline. • In patients with chronic kidney...
View ArticleHigh protein diets up kidney risk in rats: new study from Spain
An experiment by scientists at the University of Granada, Spain, shows a high-protein diet increases the chance of developing kidney stones and other renal diseases High-protein diets, like the...
View ArticleBipolar drugs can cause kidney damage
Drugs that contain lithium used to treat bipolar disorder can cause serious kidney damage. The benefit gained from these drugs, however, outweighs the risks, and scientists at the Sahlgrenska Academy...
View ArticleIn patients with AF prescribed anticoagulants, renal function decline common
Deterioration of renal function, and an increase in related adverse events, may not be unusual in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation prescribed nonvitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants,...
View ArticleBlood in urine often an important warning sign
Newswise — Blood in the urine can be a scary sight, yet it’s a symptom many people ignore until it is bad enough to land them in a hospital emergency department. Hematuria, as the condition is called,...
View ArticleHormone Replacement Therapy May Benefit the Kidneys
Newswise — San Diego, CA — Hormone replacement therapy may help protect kidney health, according to a study presented at ASN Kidney Week 2015 earlier this month. The effect of hormone replacement...
View ArticleProtein intake linked to lower obesity: Am J Clin Nutr.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Jul 27. pii: ajcn133819. [Epub ahead of print] Diets higher in animal and plant protein are associated with lower adiposity and do not impair kidney function in US adults. Berryman...
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