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The news itself is great, but holy hell is this headline hyperbole. The medicine is a really great treatment and even preventive cure for kidney disease, which is a very common cause of death in old age for cats.
No, this isn't some miraculous treatment that will give all cats a longer lifespan. It's a great cure to a very common cause of death in cats. Not sure where the 30 years figure comes from.
That highly respected journalistic source should give you all the confidence you need in the headline.
You're 100% right. It isn't a great article but I couldn't find a better one. I just thought people would be interested in reading it. Hopefully better information becomes public soon.
https://www.nature.com/articles/srep35251
This was very much not hard to find.
That reports on the efficacy of the medicine not necessarily the conclusions drawn from it
Maybe, I've got an older cat I adopted from a shelter, don't know his exact age. But he's in stage 3 of kidney failure and we've got him on the renal diet. I'm excited to read this news and really hope my boy can stay alive long enough to receive this treatment.
I've got a kitty with a history of urinary problems so I'm pretty stoked to hear these details.