It was long believed that healthy adults don’t need to worry about kidney function unless it drops to about 50% of normal levels. But new research out of The Ottawa Hospital challenges that line of thinking - via healthing_ca kidney kidneyfailure
Plus, why kidney transplants improves both quality and quantity of life—compared to those who remain on dialysisThe overall risk of any of these events, however, was less than two per 1,000.
Healthing spoke with Dr. Manish Sood, senior scientist, nephrologist and Jindal Research Chair for the Prevention of Kidney Disease at The Ottawa Hospital, professor at the University of Ottawa, and senior author of the study to tell us more about the implications of the research, and how Canadians — especially young Canadians — can evade the silent killer.As we age, our kidney function naturally declines. It’s highest when we’re young adults and lower when we get towards 80, 85.
So your study results have real world implications for both younger populations and health professionals? If young people generally don’t get these kinds of tests, yet you had access to a vast data set from young adults, why were they getting these tests?
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