Kidney disease

What it is

Chronic kidney disease is the slow loss of the kidneys' filtering capacity, usually from diabetes or high blood pressure, affecting roughly one adult in ten worldwide and often unnoticed until late. It is in the news because GLP-1 drugs and SGLT2 inhibitors, first made for diabetes, have shown in large trials that they slow its progression, and because heat, dehydration and climate are emerging as causes in outdoor workers. Diet advice, especially on protein, is contested; dialysis and transplant remain the end stage.

This week · A Korean cohort of 1,861 patients with chronic kidney disease found that very low protein intake was linked to higher risks of kidney failure and death, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency reported.

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