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Kidneys and Urinary System
Continued Treatment for Lupus May Boost Survival of Those Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease
(BRONX, NY) — Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have shown that close supervision by rheumatologists and the use of immunosuppressant drugs improve the survival of lupus patients with end-stage kidney disease—a finding that could reverse long-standing clinical practice.
Sickle Cell Trait Is Not Risk Factor For Kidney Disease
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center report that sickle cell trait is not a risk factor for the development of severe kidney disease in African-Americans. This study, published in the August online issue of Kidney International, contradicts findings from a 2010 study that first suggested that having one copy of the sickle cell gene was a kidney disease risk factor....Nephrologists Discover Key to Kidney Disease Progression
The Miller School’s Jochen Reiser, M.D., Ph.D., chief of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, has made another important discovery in the fight against progressive kidney disease, this one published in today’s online edition of The Journal of Clinical Investigation. ...Researchers find hormone that predicts premature death in kidney patients
Discovery will allow earlier interventions...Cause for Racial Disparities in Kidney Failure Explained
ATLANTA – Emory University researchers have found that African Americans are more likely to excrete protein in their urine than whites, a condition that may contribute to a much higher incidence of kidney failure in African Americans....IU Analysis Changing Diagnosis and Management of Initial UTIs in Young Children
INDIANAPOLIS -- Analysis by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers of ten years of scientific studies has resulted in changes in American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations for how initial urinary tract infection in infants and toddlers is diagnosed and treated. This change will affect thousands of children every year. ...Kidney Stones’ Seasonality Reflected in Google Searches
By Jeffrey Norris - You might save yourself a lot of pain and trouble during the dog days of summer by drinking to your health – with a long, cool glass of water. The incidence of kidney stones – which can cause the kind of pain some women have compared to giving birth – peaks in summer months when temperatures soar and perspiration drips....MRSA may increase mortality rate by 50%
Does the Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, cause more deaths in hospitals than the bacteria that are sensitive to common antibiotics? ...Study Finds Faster Way to Predict Life-Threatening Kidney Damage After Cardiac Surgery
New Haven, Conn. — A Yale-led team of researchers has completed the largest multi-center study to date, comparing and validating the performance of three kidney biomarkers to predict acute kidney injury or kidney failure faster in adult and pediatric cardiac-surgery patients. ...Conventional Wisdom Unwise: Study Shows Young Black Patients on Kidney Dialysis Do Much Worse - Not Better - Than White Counterparts
JAMA paper could reverse longstanding guidelines and advice for African-American patients with kidney disease ...
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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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