News tagged with kidney removal

Hopkins transplant surgeons remove healthy kidney through donor's vagina

In what is believed to be a first-ever procedure, surgeons at Johns Hopkins have successfully removed a healthy donor kidney through a small incision in the back of the donor's vagina.

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created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Lessening the impact of cancer-causing hormones

Increasing the production of proteins that help rid the body of toxins may play a crucial role in the fight against breast and prostate cancer, researchers from Flinders University believe.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stanford develops new tool for teaching doctors to treat sepsis

Jack was sinking fast, his vital signs registering alarming numbers. With every passing second, his doctor, Charles Prober, could see his patient being overwhelmed by sepsis, a deadly complication of infection ...

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created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Snapshot of dialysis: Who's getting treated at home?

Home-based dialysis treatments are on the rise in both the developing and developed worlds, but developed countries appear to be turning to them less often, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of ...

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Twinkle, twinkle kidney stone: With a push you could be gone

Just the mention of kidney stones can cause a person to cringe. They are often painful and sometimes difficult to remove, and 10 percent of the population will suffer from them. In space, the risk of developing ...

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created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Limiting protein or certain amino acids before surgery may reduce risk of surgical complications

Limiting certain essential nutrients for several days before surgery—either protein or amino acids—may reduce the risk of serious surgical complications such as heart attack or stroke, according to a new Harvard ...

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Studies: Avastin may fight early breast cancers

Surprising results from two new studies may reopen debate about the value of Avastin for breast cancer. The drug helped make tumors disappear in certain women with early-stage disease, researchers found.

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created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sri Lanka donates eyes to the world

(AP) -- At 10:25 a.m., a dark brown eye was removed from a man whose lids had closed for the last time. Five hours later, the orb was staring up at the ceiling from a stainless steel tray in an operating ...

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Study reveals potential of manganese in neutralizing deadly Shiga toxin

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have discovered that an element commonly found in nature might provide a way to neutralize the potentially lethal effects of a compound known as Shiga toxin. New results ...

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created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New drug labels for kidney disease patients -- what do they mean?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently recommended that clinicians be more conservative when they prescribe chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with drugs that treat red blood cell deficiencies. But the drug ...

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created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NIH study to test treatment for fatty liver disease in children

With the launch of a new clinical trial supported by the National Institutes of Health, researchers are working to determine whether treating children diagnosed with the most severe form of fatty liver disease with a drug ...

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