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New discovery to aid in diagnosis and treatment of kidney disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) in collaboration with scientists at the University of Louisville and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis in France, have identified the target antigen PLA2R ...





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Protein excreted in urine may be help in diagnosing kidney disease caused by HIV

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New data collected at Columbia University Medical Center and by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine are helping researchers understand the extent to which a certain protein - NGAL - can play a significant role in marking chronic ...


Reasonable alternative to invasive biopsy of palpable breast lesions with benign imaging features identified

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Short-term follow-up is a reasonable alternative to invasive biopsy of palpable (capable of being touched or felt) breast lesions with benign imaging features, particularly in younger women with probable fibroadenoma (non-cancerous ...


Drinking green tea helps prevent kidney stones

Drinking green tea helps prevent kidney stones

Chemistry / Other

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Drinking green tea can help prevent the formation of large kidney stones, report Chinese scientists in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal CrystEngComm.


Talking increases kidney donation

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created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Get-togethers with a kidney disease patient's family and friends can improve their willingness to consider donation, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific ...


Younger doctors recommend kidney transplantations earlier

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created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Compared with veteran doctors, recent medical school graduates are more likely to refer chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients for kidney transplantation before their patients require dialysis, according to a paper being presented ...


Australian study sheds light on kidney repair and disease

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created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A study by Monash University researchers has shed new light on the microscopic antennas in the kidney that are involved in the organ's repair process.


Discovery could lead to much-needed kidney failure treatment

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 12, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The unwanted activation of an important cell-signaling pathway may play a role in two kidney problems that are major causes of end-stage renal disease, scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University ...


Kidney transplants generally safe for lupus patients

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Individuals with a history of lupus who receive a kidney transplant rarely develop the serious inflammatory condition lupus nephritis in their new organ, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's ...


Heart failure patients with kidney dysfunction don't recover well after hospital discharge

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created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most heart failure patients who develop kidney failure in the hospital do not recover from it before going home and are at increased risk of either being re-hospitalized or dying within the year, according to a Henry Ford ...


Pregnancy and birth: Safe for women with kidney transplants

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created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women who have had a kidney transplant and have good kidney function can get pregnant and give birth without jeopardizing their health or the health of their transplant. Having children does not affect patients' kidney function ...



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