News tagged with renal failure

Kidney failure risk higher for liver transplant patients following policy change

Research from the University of Michigan Health System shows the risk for kidney failure among liver transplant recipients is higher following the implementation of Model of End Stage Liver Disease (MELD), a policy change ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First detailed data of risk of using Rasilez with certain blood pressure-lowering drugs

Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital have published the first detailed figures showing the risk of using the prescription drug Rasilez in combination with certain other blood pressure-lowering medications.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Echocardiography offers the future for infarct size quantification

"Up until now infarct size has only been measured as part of clinical studies and not in routine clinical practice. The reason being that the reference method of gadolinium based contrast agents in MRI is expensive, takes ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Preoperative aspirin therapy can benefit cardiac surgery patients

Aspirin taken within five days of cardiac surgery is associated with a significant decrease in the risk of major postoperative complications, including renal failure, a lengthy intensive care unit stay and even early death ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An earlier diagnosis to avoid kidney transplants

An analytical technique using high brilliance infrared light produced by the SOLEIL synchrotron has been developed by teams from the CNRS, Paris Sud University, Tenon Hospital in Paris, and the Stoke-on-Trent ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vultures dying at alarming rate

Vultures in South Asia were on the brink of extinction until Lindsay Oaks and Richard Watson, from The Peregrine Fund in the US, undertook observational and forensic studies to find out why the number of birds was falling ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Racial inequalities exist for kids with kidney disease

Among children with kidney disease, certain races are less likely to get kidney transplants and are more likely to die than other races, according to two studies from Emory University that were presented during the American ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research aims to prevent diabetic kidney failure

The enzyme arginase-2 plays a major role in kidney failure, and blocking the action of this enzyme might lead to protection against renal disease in diabetes, according to researchers.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lead poisoning in 2,000 children in north Nigeria

Illegal gold mining has left at least 2,000 children with lead poisoning in several northern Nigerian villages, where 400 children have already died from contamination, an official said Friday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows decisions over life-sustaining treatment are likely to change

Patients with chronic conditions are likely to change their preferences for receiving emergency procedures in the event of cardiac arrest, according to new findings.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rogue receptor opens door for rare kidney disease

Effects of a particularly devastating human kidney disease may be blunted by making a certain cellular protein receptor much less receptive, according to new research by scientists from North Carolina State University and ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Colon cleansing has no benefit but many side effects including vomiting and death

Colon cleansing - it's been described as a natural way to enhance well-being, but Georgetown University doctors say there's no evidence to back that claim. In fact, their review of scientific literature, published today ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Premature aging seen as issue for AIDS survivors

(AP) -- Having survived the first and worst years of the AIDS epidemic, when he was losing three friends to the disease in a day and undergoing every primitive, toxic treatment that then existed, Peter Greene ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jun 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

E. coli outbreak spreads, Spain distributors suspended

More than 270 people in Germany have fallen seriously ill due to potentially deadly bacteria detected in imported Spanish cucumbers, leading Spain to suspend Friday the activities of two distributors.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

E. coli outbreak spreading in Germany

More than 270 people in Germany have fallen seriously ill because of potentially deadly bacteria, which has been found in imported Spanish cucumbers, officials said Friday.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0