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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “kidney disease”

Article – The Mysterious Kidney Illness Rising Among Sri Lankan Farmers

blogteam January 2, 2024Uncategorized

Are pesticides in drinking water to blame for kidney disease among young farmers? An interesting article in Think Global Health. Dehydration not only causes reversible kidney damage, but also could actually activate a process that might cause chronic kidney disease, …

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Article – The Relationship of Chronic Kidney Disease with Gout

blogteam April 20, 2023Uncategorized

Here I discuss the strong link of gout with chronic kidney disease.  One simple reason is that when people have kidney disease they have trouble excreting uric acid, so it can build up in the blood and increase the risk …

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Article – National Kidney Month Spotlight: Uric Acid and Its Role in Chronic Kidney Disease

blogteam March 22, 2023Uncategorized

A discussion by Dr. Johnson in Rheumatology Advisor on the role of gout and uric acid in chronic kidney disease.  This has been a controversial topic, but Dr. Johnson suggests there are likely specific groups of patients in whom lowering …

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Podcast – A discussion with Travis Brown and Stephen Davis on uric acid and gout.

blogteam July 2, 2022Uncategorized

While most people think of uric acid as the substances that crystallizes in joints to cause a severe arthritis known as gout, more recent studies suggest uric acid may have also have a role in obesity, diabetes, kidney disease and …

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