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Kidney & Urinary
Kidney stones, chronic kidney disease, urinary infections, prostate and bladder problems: signs, tests and what protects your kidneys.
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Kidney Stones: Prevention Is the Real Cure
Kidney stones affect 10% of the population at some point. After a first episode, half will recur within 10 years without prevention.
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Chronic Kidney Disease: A Silent Threat
Chronic kidney disease affects 10% of adults globally and dramatically raises cardiovascular risk well before dialysis.
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Chronic Kidney Disease: When Kidneys Fail Silently
Chronic kidney disease often progresses without symptoms for years. Diabetes and hypertension are the leading causes.
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Polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)
Tolvaptan, blood pressure control, dialysis: managing ADPKD.
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Kidney stones: prevent recurrence
Identify the type of stone to adapt prevention and avoid recurrence.
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Nephrotic syndrome: protein leaking into the urine
Why the kidney filter fails, what the swelling means, and how treatment is guided by the biopsy.
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Enlarged prostate: urinary symptoms after 50
Why the flow weakens, which symptoms need investigating, and the ladder of treatments.
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Urinary incontinence: types, causes and real solutions
Stress, urge or mixed: identifying your type is the key to the right treatment.