Deaths related to kidney disease rise

DOUBLE-EDGED: Many people have survived diseases because of treatments that can damage their kidneys, while others are living long enough to develop kidney disease By Lin Chih-yi and Hou Chia-yu / Staff reporters Add TT as Preferred Source The number of deaths, the mortality rate and the age-standardized mortality rate associated with kidney disease all increased in Taiwan last year, with healthcare providers warning of the growing challenges posed by multimorbidity as people take multiple medications or supplements that might harm their kidneys.About 10,000 new patients go on dialysis every year, and although Taiwan’s overall age-standardized mortality rate last year was 3.7 percent lower than the previous year, the deaths, mortality rate and age-standardized mortality rate associated wit