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Researchers at UC Davis School of Medicine have uncovered how an imbalanced gut microbiome escalates the production of metabolic byproducts by certain gut bacteria. This imbalance drives a feedback loop that worsens chronic kidney disease (CKD) in mice. The scientists identified an investigational drug that might break the destructive cycle. The findings were published in Science

While you may be tracking your blood sugar, worrying about your cholesterol, or trying to lose weight, what happens if all these seemingly different health issues are actually the warning signs of a single health issue? In what is touted as a landmark, first-of-its-kind study, health experts from the American Heart Association and the American…