Month: November 2017

Good Doctors...Better People

Caffeine and Kidneys = Coffee Beans ❤ Red Beans

There is already good evidence that coffee is good for the liver and could decrease the incidence of cirrhosis. But at Kidney Week this year, we found out that there was a dose-dependent inverse association between caffeine consumption and early death in chronic kidney disease patients. Miguel Bigotte Vieira, MD (Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, in…
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Kidney Week is in the Big Easy!

Kidney week is in full blast and it is a big one. Joel Topf is getting an award, we see that caffeine might be beneficial in CKD, and there is a ton of great information.