Written by Cherilyn Davis, MD | Reviewed by Katie E. Golden, MDUpdated on June 3, 2024 Key takeaways: If you have kidney disease, what you drink and how much you drink can affect your kidney function. There’s research to show that some drinks and juices can slow the decline of kidney function. Drinks like water,...
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...
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...
