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Kidneys and Urinary System
Loyola Kidney Donor Saves Her Own Life by Giving an Organ
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New Kidney Filtration System Could Simplify Dialysis
UCSF researchers have designed a model filtration system that could offer a new approach to treating patients suffering from end-stage renal disease, potentially removing the need for a clinic-based dialysis process altogether....Researchers Identify a New Marker that Predicts Progressive Kidney Failure and Death in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
PHILADELPHIA — A high level of a hormone that regulates phosphate is associated with an increased risk of kidney failure and death among chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, according to a recent study led by researchers at the University of Miami and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Diseases and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Results were published in the June 15 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association....FDA Approves Transplant Drug That Preserves Kidneys, Avoids Toxicity
Emory surgeon-scientists led effort to develop new treatment, from discovery to delivery...NIH researchers identify new marker to predict progressive kidney failure, death
A high level of a hormone that regulates phosphate is associated with an increased risk of kidney failure and death among chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, according to a recent study led by researchers at the University of Miami and funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Diseases and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at the National Institutes of Health. ...UM Researchers Identify Novel Risk Factor in Chronic Kidney Disease
A new study led by Miller School researchers and their collaborators across the country has identified a novel risk factor, fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), for predicting progression of early chronic kidney disease to end-stage renal failure and death. ...Kidney cancer discovery could expand treatment options
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute study uncovers role of gene in renal cancers that don’t respond to current therapies but could be helped by existing FDA-approved drug...Physicians Discover How Cancer Drug Works to Help Prevent Recurrent Kidney Disease
A collaboration of Miller School physicians, surgeons and scientists has unlocked the mechanism of a drug used to prevent recurrent kidney disease. ...HbA1C Test for Glucose Monitoring Poorly Predictive in Dialysis Patients
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The gold standard long-term glucose monitoring test for patients with diabetes proved to be of limited value in dialysis patients, according to a new study at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. ...Non-invasive wireless near-infrared device provides reliable diagnosis of bladder dysfunction: UBC-VCH-CFRI study
A cell phone-sized, wireless near-infrared device is as reliable as the current “gold standard” invasive tests in determining bladder disease, according to a study by researchers at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Coastal Health and the Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI)....
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Jon
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12/10/2011 16:41:04
One reason people get the wrong idea: articles like yours that talk about "association with the risks of smoking"
Hello? Are you familiar with the ...
brigitte
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07/10/2011 14:29:44
Those listed items are not going to make much impact. Smoking compromises babies, but doesn't result in prematurity anymore than any other imperfect practice prenatally. ...
admin
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06/10/2011 18:47:06
Actually there is a great deal of published evidence of fluoride in drinking water severely harming the health of users.
Try examining the dozens of clinical ...
Richard Windsor
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29/09/2011 05:25:07
Point to a single double-blind placebo controlled trial that meets modern standards of evidence based medicine and I might consider your argument.
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