News tagged with renal function
Study identifies novel markers as key indicators of future renal failure in diabetes
Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have identified two novel markers that, when elevated in the blood stream, can predict accurately the risk of renal (kidney) failure in patients with Type 1 and Type 2 ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Vasodilator hormone improved kidney function, blood flow in PKD model
After a four-week course of the vasodilator hormone relaxin, kidney function and blood flow immediately improved in lab rats genetically altered to model polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a life-threatening genetic disorder, ...
Dec 06, 2011 |
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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 ...
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Chronic dialysis for kidney disease patients now started substantially earlier
It has become increasingly clear that patients in the United States are starting dialysis at higher and higher levels of kidney function. A team of researchers, led by Dr. Ann O'Hare, University of Washington associate professor ...
Oct 11, 2011 |
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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.
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Common invasive test not necessary for kidney disease patients
Equations that estimate a patient's kidney function work as well as direct, invasive measurements, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). This means that ...
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Patients treated with sunitinib and sorafenib respond to flu vaccine
Patients treated with sunitinib and sorafenib responded to the flu vaccine, which suggests the agents do not damage the immune system as much as previously feared, according to a study in Clinical Cancer Research, a journa ...
Jun 28, 2011 |
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Drug shows improved kidney function for type 2 diabetics
A new anti-inflammatory drug used by patients with type 2 diabetes improved their kidney function during a year-long study involving researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Jun 24, 2011 |
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Poorer outcomes linked with certain hormone for patients with early-stage chronic kidney disease
Patients in the early stages of chronic kidney disease who had elevated levels of the endocrine hormone fibroblast growth factor 23 (that regulates phosphorus metabolism) had an associated increased risk of end-stage renal ...
Jun 14, 2011 |
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Combined use of three markers for kidney disease may help predict risk of kidney failure, death
Combining the chronic kidney disease markers of creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio with the biomarker cystatin C was associated with improved prediction of end-stage ...
Apr 11, 2011 |
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Long-term study shows that kidney transplants are faring better than previously reported
A new study from Mayo Clinic, the largest long-term study of kidney transplant recipients published to date, demonstrates that progressive damage to kidney transplants may be less common and less severe than previously reported.
Apr 07, 2011 |
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Gene variant influences chronic kidney disease risk
A team of researchers from the United States and Europe has identified a single genetic mutation in the CUBN gene that is associated with albuminuria both with and without diabetes. Albuminuria is a condition caused by the ...
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Less radical tumor surgery can offer better long-term kidney function
Patients with kidney tumours larger than four centimetres are much more likely to enjoy good long-term renal function if they undergo nephron-sparing surgery rather than radical nephrectomy, according to a study in the February ...
Feb 07, 2011 |
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Researchers unlock the potential for exploring kidney regeneration
It is estimated that up to 10 percent of the U.S. population may have some form of renal disease, with 450,000 patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring hemodialysis. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, ...
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Study shows short-term kidney failure in heart patients may not be as detrimental
New research led by UC Health cardiologists shows that while short-term worsening kidney function is frequent among patients with heart failure, these patients also have better outcomes than those who have persistent kidney ...
Jul 01, 2010 |
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