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Seven to ten people out of a hundred in Italy have kidney problems. Often without even knowing it. The statistics say so. But be careful. We often underestimate what happens to these organs. And let’s not keep in mind that they are technically defined as “noble” like the heart and brain given their importance for the health of the body.
Only a few weeks ago, on the occasion of the Congress of the Italian Society of Nephrology (SIN), the president Stefano Bianchi recalled how the kidneys are often involved in non-renal diseases and conditions, from diabetes to cardiovascular diseases and hypertension.