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New lab test helps predict kidney damage
Jul 24, 2009 |
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication in patients in intensive care. A new laboratory test called urine neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGAL) helps predict if patients will develop acute kidney ...
Kidney damage from medical imaging procedures can cause long-term health problems
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Kidney injury that can arise after undergoing certain medical imaging procedures increases a patient's risk of having a stroke or heart attack over the next year or two, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue ...
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Acute kidney injury patients more likely to need dialysis within 5 years
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Patients who sustain injury to their kidneys and require in-hospital dialysis are three times more likely to need long-term dialysis later in life compared to those without a history of this condition, says a new study from ...
Australian study sheds light on kidney repair and disease
Sep 30, 2009 |
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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.
Kidney injury puts elderly individuals at high risk for developing serious kidney disease
Nov 19, 2008 |
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Acute kidney injury (AKI)—which is often caused by trauma, illness, or surgery—predisposes elderly individuals to the most serious form of chronic kidney disease (CKD), known as end stage renal disease (ESRD), according to ...
New treatment significantly slows progression of eye damage in persons with type 1 diabetes
Jul 01, 2009 |
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University of Minnesota Medical School researcher Michael Mauer, M.D., has found a treatment that significantly slows the progression of eye injury in people with type 1 diabetes, a common complication caused by this disease. ...
New kidney protein speeds/improves the diagnosis of failing kidneys
Jun 03, 2008 |
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Walk into any emergency department complaining of chest pain and you are likely to have blood drawn. Within hours it should be clear whether you've had a heart attack, based on enzyme levels in your blood and whether those ...
Bodybuilding with steroids damages kidneys
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Athletes who use anabolic steroids may gain muscle mass and strength, but they can also destroy their kidney function, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific ...
More intensive dialysis does not improve outcomes among patients with acute kidney injury
May 23, 2008 |
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No significant difference in death rates or other outcomes was found between a group of patients with acute kidney injury that received intensive dialysis and another group that received a more standard regimen of dialysis, ...
New clinical equation accurately measures kidney function in children
Jan 21, 2009 |
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Measuring a child's kidney function has traditionally been time-consuming, costly, and difficult to perform, but a new equation that uses parameters collected at routine office visits can effectively accomplish this, according ...
Creatinine increase in elderly means increased renal disease, mortality
Apr 15, 2008 |
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Even small increases in serum creatinine levels during hospitalization raise the risk of end stage renal disease and mortality of elderly patients over the long term, according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) ...
Drinking green tea helps prevent kidney stones
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(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.
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