Kidney Ailments

Rise in kidney disease tied to other chronic conditions, finds study

Rates of the disease have been rising for decades, driven in part by diabetes and high blood pressure

'Lifestyle disorders pushing India towards kidney disease epidemic'

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is emerging as one of the country's most pressing public health concerns, a renowned nephrologist said. CKD is fuelled by lifestyle disorders like diabetes and hypertension and compounded by environmental and occupational factors, kidney ailments are no longer confined to the elderly or the urban elite, he said. If left unchecked, kidney disease could soon take on the proportions of an epidemic, the nephrologist said. Talking to PTI, Dr H Sudarshan Ballal shared his experience of witnessing how India's renal healthcare evolved from scarcity to scale but also watched new challenges emerge with unsettling speed. "When I returned to India in 1991 from the US, there were just 800 nephrologists in the entire country. In fact, there were more Indian nephrologists practising in the US than in India. We used to call ourselves one in a million," Ballal recalled. Three decades later, the situation has undoubtedly improved, with thousands of specialists and advan

Protein overload: Why eating more isn't always better for your body

Protein powers your body, but experts warn that going beyond your daily needs can strain your kidneys, upset your metabolism, and impact long-term health

Israeli lab grows human kidney that lasts 34 weeks in medical first

An Israeli hospital has created the first lab-grown kidney to survive 34 weeks, a milestone that could change future treatments for kidney diseases

Most patients had heart or kidney ailments: Report on Covid deaths in Delhi

Of the 853 deaths audited for this period, 779 or 91 per cent were those who were found with co-morbidities, as per the report on COVID-19 deaths analysis, shared by official sources

Millennials most susceptible to kidney ailments, says SBI-G study

Blame it on relatively unhealthy lifestyles, or bad eating habits