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New study challenges previous link between diabetes medication and fractur
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 27 (ANI): Sodium-glucose transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, which reduce renal glucose reabsorption, may help control blood sugar and protect kidney health in patients with diabetic renal failure; however, several large clinical trials have linked these drugs to a higher
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Advisories issued to citizens, education institutions amid 'severe' heatwa
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): Pakistan's health authorities have issued advisories for people and educational institutions as the mercury shooting as high -- in some regions, it crossed 50 degrees Celsius.
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Heatwave scorches Pakistan, mercury shoots to 51 degrees Celsius in Jacoba
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): Heatwave across Pakistan is creating a major health crisis with mercury shooting as high as 51 degrees Celsius in Jacobabad, Sindh on Saturday.
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Dirty politics brought Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute to a grinding h
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday said he regretted that "dirty politics" kept the facility of Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute (PKLI) non-operational for two years and brought it to a grinding halt.
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Researchers find combining certain medicines with ibuprofen can cause perm
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Waterloo (Ontario) [Canada], May 5 (ANI): According to new research, people taking diuretics and renin-angiotensin (RSA) inhibitors for high blood pressure should also be careful to take ibuprofen as the combination can cause acute kidney injury, which can be permanent in some cases.
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A 32-year-old man with kidney failure undergoes safe and successful comple
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India] April 16 (ANI/Newsvoir): A team of doctors from Medway Heart Institute, a tertiary cardiac centre at Medway Hospitals, a premier and integrated multi-specialty group of hospitals located in Kodambakkam, Chennai, performed an extremely challenging Aortic Dissectio
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Understanding treatment and management of Kidney Cancer
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 13 (ANI/Mediawire): Kidneys are nature's most sophisticated filters. They are bean-shaped organs that filter whole blood by extracting many elements and retaining the required elements for the whole body. They filter urine and unnecessary waste products and maintai
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Research finds correct diet can help safeguard against acute kidney injury
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], March 27 (ANI): Four out of six different nutritional strategies help out in preventing acute kidney injury, suggests a team of researchers.
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Study shows promising results for using sound waves to break up kidney sto
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Alphen aan den Rijn [Netherlands], March 24 (ANI): According to initial human studies led by the Wolters Kluwer Health, an innovative technique called burst wave lithotripsy (BWL) may provide an effective and more accessible alternative for non-invasive treatment of kidney stones.
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Right diet can safeguard against acute kidney injury: Study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Berlin [Germany], March 22 (ANI): A research team has established that four out of six different nutritional strategies prevent acute kidney injury.
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Alniche Lifesciences Bullish on health awareness marketing campaigns in In
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI/NewsVoir): Alniche Lifesciences got tremendous response on its health awareness marketing campaigns launched recently on World Kidney Day.
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DMX's fiancee reveals their son has stage 3 kidney disease
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 12 (ANI): Late rapper DMX's fiancee Desiree Lindstrom recently opened up about the stage 3 kidney disease of their 5-year-old son Exodus Simmons.
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