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Depression Could Lead to Kidney Disease

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Depression may raise the risk of developing chronic kidney disease.

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" Depression may raise the risk of developing chronic kidney disease researchers in the Netherlands examine the health of almost 6000 adults over ten years and found oppression with 20% more common in people with kidney disease than those without kidney disease. Depression predicted a rapid decline in kidney function and a diagnosis that and the adrenal disease. Researchers say there may be biological processes associated with both conditions and depressed patients often delayed seeking medical care allowing kidney disease to go unchecked."

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