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Venomous centipede could treat kidney disease

Venomous centipede could treat kidney disease

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Traditional Chinese medicine has been in practice for thousands of years now. The first writings of it date back to 200 BCE ...

GPs’ failure to spot kidney disease is putting thousands at risk of dialysis as they are being diagnosed too late to benefit from treatments that could save their lives

GPs’ failure to spot kidney disease is putting thousands at risk of dialysis as they are being diagnosed too late to benefit from treatments that could save their lives

Health
Sarah Carter

Thousands of patients with chronic kidney disease are being diagnosed too late to benefit from treatments that could save their lives. A ...

Inside Nepal’s ‘kidney valley’ where someone from nearly every household has sold an organ to black market dealers who tell them ‘they will grow back’

Inside Nepal’s ‘kidney valley’ where someone from nearly every household has sold an organ to black market dealers who tell them ‘they will grow back’

World
Emily Foster

By Elena Salvoni 15:53 01 Apr 2024, updated 16:11 01 Apr 2024 Share or comment on this article: Villagers in Himalayan foothills ...

Woman, 26, suffers organ failure from HAIR CREAM which caused her kidney to shut down

Woman, 26, suffers organ failure from HAIR CREAM which caused her kidney to shut down

Health
Sarah Carter

By Luke Andrews Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com 15:44 28 Mar 2024, updated 15:45 28 Mar 2024 A chemical used in hair ...

NHS crisis fears as the number of people needing life-saving dialysis treatment expected to quadruple over the next decade, kidney disease charity warns

NHS crisis fears as the number of people needing life-saving dialysis treatment expected to quadruple over the next decade, kidney disease charity warns

Health
Sarah Carter

By Ethan Ennals 22:01 03 Feb 2024, updated 02:58 04 Feb 2024 Share or comment on this article: It is needed when ...

Why aren’t GPs  warning patients that they have a chronic and potentially life-threatening kidney disease –  even after it has been spotted in tests?

Why aren’t GPs  warning patients that they have a chronic and potentially life-threatening kidney disease –  even after it has been spotted in tests?

Health
Sarah Carter

The problem mostly affects people with high blood pressure and diabetes If not treated, patients are at risk of suffering kidney failure ...

Thousands of kidney disease patients set to benefit from £1-a-dose diabetes drug which can reduce the need for dialysis and a transplant

Thousands of kidney disease patients set to benefit from £1-a-dose diabetes drug which can reduce the need for dialysis and a transplant

Business
Robert Johnson

Empagliflozin slows kidney disease which can affect one in ten people  The drug will be made available to more than 220,000 people ...

TV producer and the pioneer among many iconic children’s shows sadly passed due to kidney failure

TV producer and the pioneer among many iconic children’s shows sadly passed due to kidney failure

Entertainment
James Parker

Marty Krofft has died at age 86, his long-time publicist Harlan Boll has announced. The TV producer, who is famed for being ...

DR ELLIE CANNON: My kidney disease is chronic

DR ELLIE CANNON: My kidney disease is chronic

Health
Sarah Carter

By Dr Ellie Cannon for The Mail on Sunday 22:45 11 Nov 2023, updated 22:45 11 Nov 2023 I found out that ...