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kidney

[kid-nee] / ˈkɪd ni /






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Experts warn that prevention is essential because type 2 diabetes raises the risk of cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic complications.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Ingesting too much of the toxin may also cause cancers of the kidney and prostate, it says.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

The culprit, known as hantavirus, causes a severe and deadly disease that can result in heart and kidney failure.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

"To reach the age of 91 was a miracle, overcoming kidney cancer and multiple surgeries, each time he came out fighting but heart failure along with pneumonia and sepsis took him in the end."

From BBC • May 10, 2026

On January 6, 1884, Mendel died of kidney failure in Brno, his feet swollen with fluids.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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