More than two billion people worldwide live with overweight or obesity, conditions closely linked to an array of health ...

Dietary acid load has been implicated in chronic kidney disease (CKD), but reducing it can provide kidney protection.

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Protein restriction depends on your level of kidney disease. Talk with your doctor to determine how much protein you should consume daily. Too much sodium may lead to fluid retention or swelling ...

People with chronic kidney disease (CKD) may benefit from working with a dietitian and following the renal diet. The renal diet limits foods high in sodium, potassium, phosphorus, and protein. Some ...

NYHA indicates New York Heart Association. Figure. Effects of sodium intake in heart failure: low-sodium intake may have varied effect on heart failure. Intravascular volume contraction improves ...

In early December, international alarm bells went off because of a mysterious disease circulating in a remote part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and ...

"I pass this car that has a magnet on his driver's side door, and it said, 'O-negative type blood, kidney donor needed. Call this number,'" Bruens says. "And I was like, 'I, in fact, I have O ...

Defibrotide sodium is under clinical development by Jazz Pharmaceuticals and currently in Phase II for Sickle Cell Disease. According to GlobalData, Phase II drugs for Sickle Cell Disease have a 59% ...

People with chronic kidney disease or those at risk of heart failure are greatly affected by potassium imbalances in the body. These can even be life-threatening. While wearable glucose monitors ...

In a recent UK study published by Chiang and colleagues in the Journal of the American Medical Association Dermatology, a higher level of dietary sodium markedly increased the chance of developing AD ...

The best diabetes medication for kidney disease can vary depending on the severity of your kidney damage. You may need a medication that doesn’t require dose adjustment based on your kidney ...