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Renal hyperfiltration may be an underestimated risk factor for mortality, according to research. Conventionally, diminished kidney function is linked to chronic kidney disease and elevated risk of mortality. Renal hyperfiltration (RHF), or increased kidney function, has been largely dismissed as a normal observation in the general population and an expected manifestation of diabetes mellitus where it precedes renal decline. The condition, devoid of clinical manifestations, remains unknown to general medicine and is primarily screened and managed within the context of diabetes mellitus. Two recent studies reveal that the harms of RHF might be highly underestimated, independent of diabetes mellitus. The...

The connection between Goldman Sachs and ACORN is admittedly weak but we thought we'd report it anyway because it's interesting. The current CEO of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, sits on the board of directors of the Robin Hood Foundation. As we reported, that foundation is funded by George Soros's Soros Fund Charitable Foundation and has given money to ACORN. The Robin Hood Foundation gave ACORN $821,000 consisting of a $456,000 grant in 2003 and a $365,000 grant in 2004. According to guidestar.org, Blankfein, unlike fellow board member Tom Brokaw, was in fact a Robin Hood board member in the years...

Background information: Russian Olympic hockey star Yevgeny Malkin left his Magnitogorsk club to go play for the NHL, hoping to be on the Pittsburgh Penguins. This made the RHF, which is headed by former Soviet goalie Vladislav Tretjak, mad, and Russian newspapers have been commenting on his sudden disappearance. After much discussion on his whereabouts, Malkin was found in Helsinki, Finland clearing his US visa. Now go ahead and read the article...