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A Mother's Salt Intake Could Be Key to Prenatal Kidney Development
July 6, 2011 New animal study has drawn an association between pregnant mothers' sodium intake and their newborn's kidney ... > full story -
New Device to Cut Dialysis Risk
June 28, 2011 A graduate student team has invented a device to reduce the risk of infection, clotting and narrowing of the blood vessels in patients who need blood-cleansing dialysis because of kidney ... > full story -
First Patients Receive Lab-Grown Blood Vessels from Donor Cells
June 27, 2011 For the first time, blood vessels created in the lab from donor skin cells were successfully implanted in patients. Functioning blood vessels that aren't rejected by the immune system could be used ... > full story -
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Preterm Babies Could Be at Greater Risk of Developing Kidney Disease Later in Life, Study Suggests
June 27, 2011 Babies born prematurely could be at greater risk of developing kidney diseases later in life according to a landmark study investigating the impacts of preterm birth on kidney ... > full story -
Drug Shows Improved Kidney Function for Type 2 Diabetics
June 24, 2011 A new anti-inflammatory drug used by patients with type 2 diabetes improved their kidney function during a year-long ... > full story -
Diabetic Kidney Disease on the Rise in America, Despite Improved Diabetes Care
June 21, 2011 Diabetic kidney disease has become more prevalent in the United States over the past 20 years, despite a substantial increase in the use of medications for the treatment of people with diabetes. ... > full story -
Diabetic Kidney Disease More Prevalent in US
June 21, 2011 Over the past two decades the prevalence of diabetic kidney disease in the US increased in direct proportion to the prevalence of diabetes itself, according to a new ... > full story -
New Evidence of the Benefits of Home Dialysis for Kidney Patients
June 21, 2011 Researchers have found more evidence of the benefits of home dialysis for patients with kidney ... > full story -
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Single Gene Controls Development of Many Forms of Polycystic Disease
June 19, 2011 A single gene is central in the development of several forms of polycystic kidney and liver disease, researchers ... > full story -
New Marker to Predict Progressive Kidney Failure, Death Identified
June 15, 2011 A high level of a hormone that regulates phosphate is associated with an increased risk of kidney failure and death among chronic kidney disease patients, according to a recent ... > full story
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