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Water Processing: Light Helps Degrade Hormones

Water Processing: Light Helps Degrade Hormones

Image: Photocatalytic membrane filtration system with a sun simulator. The membranes are coated with titanium dioxide. Photo Credit: Markus Breig, KIT Micropollutants in water often are hormones that accumulate in the environment and may have negative impacts on humans and animals. Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM) …

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Reduced Kidney Function Linked to Increased Risk of Dementia

National Kidney Month 2021

Chronic kidney disease is when a person’s kidneys progressively lose their ability to filter waste from the blood and eliminate fluids. Now a new study has found that people with reduced kidney function may have an increased risk of developing dementia. The study is published in the May 5, 2021, online issue of Neurology®, the …

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