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kidney

[kid-nee] / ˈkɪd ni /






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There are other studies under way in different types of cancer, including bladder cancer, a common form of lung cancer and kidney cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Moderna and Merck are also working on vaccines for non-small cell lung, bladder, kidney, pancreatic and gastric cancers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

According to the researchers, this imbalance could increase pressure inside the filtering structures and potentially contribute to continued kidney damage.

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 2026

Side effects can include nausea, vomiting, constipation, diarrhoea and, more rarely, gallbladder or kidney problems and depression.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Aggravating the costs was Megan’s ongoing struggle with severe kidney stones.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

"She's now on antibiotics, she's had water infections, she has got scarring on her kidneys because of this," Kayley says.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Lungs, heart, kidneys, liver, brain, testicles, the fluid in our eyes, and ovaries—all have microplastics, says Stapleton.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

The research team is preparing larger clinical studies involving multiple hospitals while modifying the antenna for additional organs, including the heart and kidneys.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

With rhabdomyolysis, kidneys become strained when proteins and electrolytes from damaged muscle tissue are released into the bloodstream.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

For the first time since I read his file I wondered if you could actually die from having bad kidneys.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña




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