Chronic kidney disease (CKD) was the ninth-leading cause of death worldwide in 2023, accounting for 1.48 million deaths. Its global age-standardized prevalence increased from 3.5% to 14.2%, according ...

A DISEASE that often shows no symptoms until it is dangerously advanced has entered the world’s top 10 causes of death, US ...

A sweeping global study reveals that chronic kidney disease now affects nearly 800 million people and has become one of the world’s top 10 causes of death. A new global analysis reveals that more ...

The condition usually only shows symptoms when it is advanced, meaning early treatment is missed, killing 45,000 people every ...

It also took the spot as the 12th leading cause of disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), with an age-standardized DALY rate ...