kidneys

Chronic kidney disease (CKD), a gradual and irremediable loss of kidney function (kidney failure), affects up to one in eight South Africans, more than 850 million people worldwide, and resulted in over 3.1 million deaths (2019). Fundamentally, untreated kidney failure can be life-threatening. Presently, kidney disease ranks as the 8th leading cause of death, and if not addressed, is projected to be the 5th leading cause […]