'Silent strokes' linked to kidney failure in diabetics
Friday, January 29, 2010 - 11:49
in Health & Medicine
In patients with type 2 diabetes, silent cerebral infarction (SCI) - small areas of brain damage caused by injury to small blood vessels - signals an increased risk of progressive kidney disease and kidney failure, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN)...