Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a complex disorder for which there is no uniform definition. AKI has been reported in up to 7% of hospitalized patients, but epidemiologic studies are sparse and confounded by differences in case definitions and heterogeneity in patient populations.
Moderate coffee consumption is associated with a reduced risk of having diabetes, according to researchers in Greece.
Higher levels of physical activity are independently related to a lower self-reported prevalence of urinary incontinence in a community-dwelling population aged 70 years and older, a Japanese study recently showed.
ANAHEIM, Calif.—Among black Vietnam veterans with prostate cancer, those who had been exposed to Agent Orange are at significantly increased risk of cancer recurrence following surgery, according to a study.
Acute renal failure (ARF) is on the increase in the United States, according to a study that researchers say provides the most accurate estimates of ARF incidence to date.
Recipients of solid organ transplants have a higher rate of anal cancer, but not colorectal cancer, than the general population, according to an Austrian study.
CHICAGO—Hypertensive patients seem to be ignoring a government-backed diet with proven BP-lowering efficacy, researchers said here at the 22nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Hypertension.
Statin use is associated with a reduced risk of advanced prostate cancer, according to a study.
In recent years, the media have profiled several high-wattage celebrities in their late 30s and early 40s who are having children. The trend toward delayed marriage and parenting does not appear limited to Hollywood. Data from the 2000 census and the most recent National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) reflect this pattern as well.
Men who consume large quantities of isoflavone-rich soy food have a decreased risk of localized prostate cancer.
