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Symptoms like poor appetite, nausea and stress may be more common with severe chronic kidney disease and reduce quality of life in patients not on dialysis, data show.

Certain physical exercises may prevent nerve damage caused by chemotherapy among individuals being treated for cancer, results of a randomized study published in JAMA Internal Medicine showed.

Adults with hypoparathyroidism experience declines in cognitive function that may be due to structural changes in the brain, according to findings published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

Reversal of symptoms of sensibility and thenar atrophy after carpal tunnel release is possible based on a study of 36 patients whose 41 hands — most of which presented with both symptoms — were followed up for 12 months, a presenter said.