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A diabetes drug tracked a third fewer deaths in over-75s, alongside a stroke signal nobody can explain

Trials of SGLT2 inhibitors barely recruited the very old. A Japanese target trial emulation of 8,486 people aged 75 and over found lower death and dialysis rates than a rival drug class, and more strokes.

Aug 30, 2026

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Frail kidney patients had triple the odds of cognitive impairment across 129,868 people

Whether frailty and thinking problems travel together in chronic kidney disease had produced conflicting findings. A Journal of Nursing Scholarship meta-analysis of 17 studies settles the direction: frail patients had three times the odds.

Aug 26, 2026