Kidney stone recurrence risk increases along with the number of metabolic syndrome components, which include abdominal obesity, hypertension, elevated fasting glucose, low high-density lipoprotein, and elevated triglycerides.
Among women with a history of smoking, menopause onset at age 45 or younger is associated with a 66% higher risk of bladder cancer compared with onset at age 50 or older.
Whole exome sequencing, a technique for sequencing the protein-coding genes in the genome, can identify multiple potential genetic causes of inherited kidney disease, according to investigators. Their study of exome sequencing and diagnostic analysis involving 2 cohorts totaling 3315 patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) detected diagnostic variants in 307 patients (9.3%). Of these, 206…
