News tagged with blood phosphate

Transfusion not always best treatment for anemia, age of stored blood may play a role

University of Kentucky researchers, including lead author Samy Selim of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and the Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, have recently published a paper suggesting that transfusion may ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kidney drugs hampered by high blood phosphate

High blood phosphate levels can set chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients on a rapid path to kidney failure, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). To mak ...

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created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Blood test can instantly diagnose depression

(Medical Xpress) -- Backed by the medical research group Human Metabolome Technologies (HMT), researchers at Keio University have developed a test which measures the concentration of phosphoric acid in the blood as an indicator ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 31, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

Preventing or reversing inflammation after heart attack, stroke may require 2-pronged approach

Researchers at Albany Medical College are releasing results of a study this week that they say will help refocus the search for new drug targets aimed at preventing or reversing the devastating tissue inflammation that results ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chewing gum helps treat hyperphosphatemia in kidney disease patients

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