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Moderate wine intake may benefit kidneys, curb heart disease risk
Major finding: In unadjusted analysis, study participants who drank less than one glass of wine per day had a 0.63 reduced odds of CKD compared...
LAS VEGAS – Consuming less than one glass of wine per day may help keep the kidneys healthy and may protect the heart in patients who already have chronic kidney disease, according to an analysis of data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
In this video interview from a meeting sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation, Dr. Tapan Mehta, a renal fellow at the University of Colorado, Aurora, highlights the findings and discusses the potential clinical implications.
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