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Chewing gum helps treat hyperphosphatemia in kidney disease patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chewing gum made with a phosphate-binding ingredient can help treat high phosphate levels in dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study appearing in the March 2009 issue of the Journal of the ...





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High-normal phosphate levels linked to early atherosclerosis

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 13, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 4

Healthy adults with higher levels of phosphate in the blood are more likely to have increased levels of calcium in the coronary arteries—a key indicator of atherosclerosis and future cardiovascular disease risk, reports a ...


Readily available treatment could help prevent heart disease in kidney patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 17, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The estimated 19 million Americans living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) face a high risk of death from cardiovascular disease. Recent studies have shown that a main source of this cardiovascular risk is CKD patients' ...


Fresh meats often contain additives harmful to kidney disease patients

Fresh meats often contain additives harmful to kidney disease patients

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created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Uncooked meat products enhanced with food additives may contain high levels of phosphorous and potassium that are not discernable from inspection of food labels, according to a study appearing in an upcoming ...


Hormone level may reflect mortality risk among dialysis patients

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created Aug 06, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study suggests that monitoring levels of a hormone called fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23) may provide information crucial to the treatment of patients with kidney failure. In the Aug. 7 New England Journal of ...


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Tiny delivery system with a big impact on cancer cells

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 15, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 1

Researchers in Pennsylvania are reporting for the first time that nanoparticles 1/5,000 the diameter of a human hair encapsulating an experimental anticancer agent, kill human melanoma and drug-resistant breast ...


More pills, less quality of life for kidney patients

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created May 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The more pills a dialysis patients takes, the worse their health-related quality of life, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The findin ...


Rare earth metal enhances phosphate glass

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Adding cerium oxide to phosphate glass rather than the commonly used silicate glass may make glasses that block ultraviolet light and have increased radiation damage resistance while remaining colorless, ...


Research could lead to new non-antibiotic drugs to counter hospital infections

Research could lead to new non-antibiotic drugs to counter hospital infections

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Lack of an adequate amount of the mineral phosphate can turn a common bacterium into a killer, according to research to be published in the April 14, 2009, issue of the Proceedings of the National Academies of ...


Sleeping through dialysis: No nightmare for kidney patients

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created May 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dialysis takes hours of kidney disease patients' time several days a week, so why not do it at night while sleeping? Overnight dialysis is more convenient for some patients and offers significant benefits over shorter daytime ...


Nontoxic nanoparticle can deliver and track drugs

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 18, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 0

A nontoxic nanoparticle developed by Penn State researchers is proving to be an all-around effective delivery system for both therapeutic drugs and the fluorescent dyes that can track their delivery.



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