Too Much Soda Pop Increases Risk For Early Kidney Disease In Women

A new study has found that women who drink two or more cans of pop a day increase their risk for early kidney disease.

Researchers looked at data from 9,358 adults in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey which included information such as urine samples and questions about dietary habits.

They found that women who reported drinking two or more sodas within a 24 hour period were 1.86 times more likely to have albuminuria, where too much of the protein albumin can be an indicator of damage to the kidneys. Of the people that drink two or more cans of pop a day, 17 percent have this condition.

This study showed an increased risk in women only, not men. “It’s unclear why drinking soda increased the risk only in women,” said lead researcher David Shoham of Loyola University Health System. “There may be an unknown underlying cause that is linked to both soda consumption and kidney damage.”

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Bandages That Are Grosser Than The Real Injury

What’s the best way to make an injury look cool? Wear disgusting looking bandages, of course! Scabs Bandages has created some gross band-aids to cover your injuries, yet still look stylish at the same time.
Why did these creators decide to make disgusting bandages? “We just wanted to do something to solve our midlife crisis and since owning a Porsche was out of the question creating Scabs Bandages was the next best option.”

Instead of those happy, upbeat bandages we see on everyone’s body, why not tell the world what it’s really like? Show everyone that what’s underneath that bandage is probably just as gross as what is shown on the outside.

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Tooth Regeneration Coming Soon

For thousands of years, losing teeth has been a routine part of human aging. Now the Washington Post reports that researchers are close to growing important parts of teeth from stem cells, including creating a living root from scratch, perhaps within one year. According to Pamela Robey of the NIH. ‘Dentists say, “Give me a root and I can put a crown on it.”‘ In a few years dentists will treat periodontal disease with regeneration by using stem cells to create hard and soft tissue; they will take out a tooth that is about to fall, and reconnect it firmly to the regenerated tissue. Although nobody is predicting when it will be possible to grow teeth on demand, in adults, to replace missing ones, a common guess is five to ten years.

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