TeachableMedicalNews article 10132019
Teachable moment in classrooms:
- urinary system chapter – glucose reabsorption from filtrate
- urinary system chapter – filtration by small blood vessels in glomerulus
- endocrine system chapter – insulin and insulin receptor in type 2 diabetes
Can peeing out blood sugar possibly save us from kidney failure?
The news item: Recent news reports wrote about the unexpected health benefit of the type 2 diabetes drug, Invokana.
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/study-finds-diabetes-drug-may-prevent-slow-kidney-disease/
The article mentions that deaths from kidney failure, the need for dialysis, the need of kidney transplant were reduced by 30% in treated patients.