Tag: kidney disease

Anti-diabetes drug also ‘lessens kidney, heart disease’ risk

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — An anti-diabetic drug that lowers blood sugar levels for type 2 diabetes sufferers also significantly cuts the risk of cardiovascular and kidney disease, according to a study published Monday. The findings, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, came in a clinical trial of more than 10,000 patients in 30 countries, using canagliflozin. It found the drug reduced the overall risk of cardiovascular disease by 14 percent and reduced […]

World Kidney Day

Our kidneys are truly amazing! They help filter bad things out of our body… Ensuring that we remain at our best So let’s take care of our kidneys! March 12 is World Kidney Day!