The development of an online tool for early identification of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is currently under investigation. CKD is emerging as a critical public health concern, accounting for 10-15% of individuals and possibly causing considerable mortality within the next two decades. Current healthcare practices continue to rely on conventional cut-off criteria for diagnosing CKD, a practice that may lead to the identification of the condition at a stage when considerable harm to the kidneys has occurred. According to a study conducted at Karolinska Institutet, a new approach may be adopted to facilitate better detection and prevention. Why Early CKD…
Author: Khaqan
ISS Medical Evacuation: It has become an historic event for human space flights in general as well as for ISS as the first astronauts have returned to Earth after the first medical evacuation ever conducted on the International Space Station. Early landing of ISS astronauts has become one of the major steps towards increasing the level of their safety and health control during missions. As confirmed by NASA, the astronauts’ decision to land back on Earth was based on one of the members suffering from a health problem which could not be cured in space conditions. At this point, NASA…