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Emerging solutions to the global increase in chronic kidney disease

Association of Health Care Journalists

This population, like many agricultural workers in hot climates, is at increased risk of chronic kidney disease of unknown cause. Unlike chronic kidney disease with known causes such as diabetes, which increases in prevalence with age, this type of kidney disease is seen in younger and middle-aged adults and sometimes even children.

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Springtime Infectious Diseases: From Spring Fever to Lyme Disease

Gideon

Changes in temperature and precipitation influence biotic and abiotic environments, disease vectors and hosts, and human behavior, including the amount of time spent outdoors (1). It is important to contact a health professional before attempting to remove a tick. Rarely, other organs may become involved. e55-e55, 2001. Online] (7) A.

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LISTEN: Mokshda Kaul on making the clean energy transition work for all

Environmental Health News

Mokshda Kaul joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the clean energy transition and how policymakers and other leaders can avoid mistakes of the past. So I moved here for my PhD in 2020 and that was in the middle of the pandemic, by the way, which was quite jarring. Kaul, a Ph.D. Kaul, a Ph.D.

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How a Proposed Federal Heat Rule Might Have Saved These Workers’ Lives

KFF Health News

On a sweltering afternoon in July 2020, Belinda Ramones got a call that her brother was in the hospital. ” Two days later, her brother, Jose Leandro-Barrera, died at age 45 with acute kidney failure caused by heatstroke, according to a report from the Hillsborough County medical examiner. .” Ramones said.