Written by Hindu Rao, PharmD, APh, BCACP | Reviewed by Katie E. Golden, MDUpdated on May 1, 2024 Key takeaways: Certain medications, called nephrotoxic medications, can damage your kidneys. This makes it harder for your kidneys to filter waste and other substances from your bloodstream.Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), diuretics, and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have...
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How do bad kidneys lead to heart disease? Broken cellular clocks provide new clues
KYUSHU UNIVERSITY IMAGE: CKD-INDUCED METABOLIC DYSFUNCTION OF VITAMIN A IN THE LIVER ELEVATES LEVELS OF VITAMIN A IN THE BLOOD. THE ELEVATION INDUCES UPREGULATION OF GPR68 IN MONOCYTES VIA COCK GENES. THE UPREGULATION CREDIT: OHDO LAB/KYUSHU UNIVERSITY Fukuoka, Japan–According to the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017, close to nine percent of the global population...