Metabolic and Kidney Diseases in the Setting of Climate Change, Water Shortage, and Survival Factors

• Published in: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology Vol. 27; no. 8; pp. 2247 - 2256
• Main Authors: Johnson, Richard J, Stenvinkel, Peter, Jensen, Thomas, Lanaspa, Miguel A, Roncal, Carlos, Song, Zhilin, Bankir, Lise, Sánchez-Lozada, Laura G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society of Nephrology 01.08.2016
• Subjects: Animals; Climate Change; Dehydration - complications; Dehydration - metabolism; Fructose - metabolism; Humans; Kidney Diseases - complications; Kidney Diseases - epidemiology; Kidney Diseases - etiology; Kidney Diseases - metabolism; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Metabolic Diseases - complications; Metabolic Diseases - epidemiology; Metabolic Diseases - etiology; Metabolic Diseases - metabolism; Survival; Up Front Matters; Water Supply; chronic kidney disease; metabolism; osmolality; obesity; vasopressin

Climate change (global warming) is leading to an increase in heat extremes and coupled with increasing water shortage, provides a perfect storm for a new era of environmental crises and potentially, new diseases. We use a comparative physiologic approach to show that one of the primary mechanisms by...