Save
Email
Print
Share
RSSBrowse News Stories
91 to 100 of 969 stories
view headlines only
-
Today's Healthcare
Kidney Disease
Diseases and Conditions
Wounds and Healing
Health Policy
Chronic Illness
Kidney Society Describes Ways to Eliminate Wasteful Tests and Procedures
September 13, 2012 — Earlier this year, the American Society of Nephrology joined other groups in a campaign to help health care professionals and patients avoid wasteful and sometimes harmful medical interventions. A ... > full story -
Kidney Disease
Today's Healthcare
Wounds and Healing
Diseases and Conditions
Personalized Medicine
Cosmetic Surgery
Belly Button Kidney Removal Boosts Living-Donor Satisfaction
September 12, 2012 — Living donors who had a kidney removed through a single port in the navel report higher satisfaction in several key categories, compared to donors who underwent traditional multiple-port laparoscopic ... > full story -
Renal Transplantation Is Best Treatment Option for Improving Quality of Life in People With Late-Stage Chronic Kidney Disease
September 11, 2012 — In people with late-stage chronic kidney disease, renal transplantation is the best treatment option to improve quality of life, but for those receiving dialysis, home-based automated peritoneal ... > full story -
New Blood Test Detects Potentially Deadly Calcium Deposits
September 6, 2012 — For the first time, a new test can measure the propensity for calcification to occur in an individual’s blood. The test could identify people at risk for vascular calcification, a major cause ... > full story -
Some Patients With Common Kidney Disease Can Skip Standard Treatments
September 6, 2012 — Many patients with a common kidney disease who had normal kidney function and only minor urinary abnormalities at diagnosis experienced remission without special treatments. None developed kidney ... > full story -
Simple Blood Tests Detect Autoimmune Kidney Disease, Help Predict Prognosis
September 6, 2012 — • Blood tests of particular autoantibodies can accurately diagnose the autoimmune kidney disease called idiopathic membranous nephropathy. • Patients with high levels of these ... > full story -
People Who Get Kidney Stones More Likely to Develop Kidney Failure
September 6, 2012 — People who have had kidney stones are twice as likely to need dialysis or a kidney transplant later in life, demonstrates recent ... > full story -
Kidney Disease
Today's Healthcare
Obesity
Wounds and Healing
Diet and Weight Loss
Diseases and Conditions
First Simultaneous Robotic Kidney Transplant, Sleeve Gastrectomy Performed
August 31, 2012 — A 35-year-old Chicago woman is the first patient in the world to have a combined procedure that offers new hope for obese kidney ... > full story -
Kidney Stones Linked With Small Increased Risk of Later Kidney Problems
August 30, 2012 — Kidney stones are associated with a small but significant increased risk of developing more serious kidney problems later in life, suggests a new ... > full story -
New Insights Into Salt Transport in the Kidney
August 23, 2012 — Sodium chloride, better known as salt, is vital for the organism, and the kidneys play a crucial role in the regulation of sodium balance. However, the underlying mechanisms of sodium balance are not ... > full story
Search ScienceDaily
Number of stories in archives: 137,427
more 
