kidney-disease
3 stories tagged "kidney-disease"
Metabolic & Weight
Where Taiwan's Air Got Dirtier, Early Kidney Disease Turned Severe 2.25 Times as Often
Taiwan tracked 424,000 people with early kidney disease and the air they breathed. Where PM2.5 climbed, more of them slid toward dialysis and death. Where it fell, fewer did.
Metabolic & WeightThe Prescription Vitamin D Added to Protect Failing Kidneys Made Them Decline Four Times Faster
Chasing a parathyroid-hormone target, doctors added active vitamin D to a kidney drug. The hormone dropped 35 percent, and the kidneys declined four times faster.
Metabolic & WeightYour Kidneys Are Quietly Failing. The WHO's Plan Skips What's Actually Killing Them.
The Lancet is pushing fast implementation of the first WHO kidney resolution, which expands screening and treatment access while leaving the ultraprocessed food and sugar driving the global CKD doubling untouched.