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Anti-microbial catheter to cut infection risk for dialysis patients

Medical experts at The University of Nottingham have shown that an innovative anti-microbial catheter could vastly improve treatment and the quality of life for many community-based dialysis patients.

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created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1




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Neuroscientists discover new estrogen activity in the brain

Research by University of Massachusetts Amherst neuroscientist Luke Remage-Healey and colleagues has for the first time provided direct evidence that estrogens are produced in the brain’s nerve cell terminals on demand, ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Patients receiving dialysis are at a heightened risk for sudden cardiac death

Approximately 500,000 Americans require dialysis to treat kidney disease; of that population nearly half of the deaths that occur are caused by cardiovascular disease. Dialysis patients are at elevated risk for sudden cardiac ...

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created Nov 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Trace elements unbalanced in dialysis patients

Abnormal levels of trace elements may explain dialysis morbidity. A systematic review published in the open access journal BMC Medicine has shown that, compared to healthy controls, dialysis patients have significantly differ ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers design model for automated, wearable artificial kidney

Two researchers from UCLA and the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System have developed a design for an automated, wearable artificial kidney, or AWAK, that avoids the complications patients often suffer with ...

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created Jul 10, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (10) | comments 1


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