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Poor Growth, Delayed Puberty and Heart Problems Plague Kids With Mild Kidney Disease
August 12, 2011 — Heart disease causes 35 percent of deaths in young adults with chronic kidney disease. Children with only mildly impaired kidney function experience poor growth, delayed puberty, metabolic problems, ... > full story -
Warning Signs Predict Kidney Injury After Surgery
August 12, 2011 — Kidney injury is a frequent and serious complication of heart surgery. Three proteins predict which patients will likely develop kidney injury after surgery in adults and children. High risk patients ... > full story -
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Young Black Patients on Kidney Dialysis Do Much Worse -- Not Better -- Than White Counterparts, Study Finds
August 9, 2011 — For years, medical studies have reached the same conclusion: African-American patients do better on kidney dialysis than their white counterparts. But new research shows that younger blacks -- those ... > full story -
Advance in Prevention of Diabetes Mellitus Following Kidney Transplantation
August 8, 2011 — Up to 30 percent of all patients develop diabetes mellitus within the first year after a kidney transplantation. This high rate could soon fall rapidly. An Austrian research team has discovered in ... > full story -
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Success in Treatment for Kidney Transplant Patients
August 2, 2011 — There is now a new alternative to immunosuppressive treatment after kidney transplants which comes without the usual severe side ... > full story -
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National Policy Change Reduces Racial Disparity in Kidney Transplants
August 2, 2011 — A national transplant policy change designed to give African-American patients greater access to donor kidneys has sliced in half the racial disparities that have long characterized the allocation of ... > full story -
Best Post-Transplant Drug Regimen Identified for Patients With New Kidneys, Study Suggests
July 29, 2011 — Patients treated with tacrolimus (TAC) and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) had lower rejection rates and better kidney function. A multi-year study compared three commonly used immunosuppresive regimens. ... > full story -
Low Blood Pressure During Dialysis Increases Risk of Clots, According to Study
July 29, 2011 — A new study reports an increased risk of blood clotting at the point where the patient's blood vessels are connected to the dialysis machine known as the point of vascular ... > full story -
Treatment Provides Dramatic Survival Benefit for Hard-to-Match Kidney Transplant Patients
July 27, 2011 — Hard-to-match kidney transplant candidates who receive a treatment designed to make their bodies more accepting of incompatible organs are twice as likely to survive eight years after transplant ... > full story -
Could Patients' Own Kidney Cells Cure Kidney Disease? Reprogrammed Kidney Cells Could Make Transplants and Dialysis Things of the Past
July 27, 2011 — Approximately 60 million people across the globe have chronic kidney disease, and many will need dialysis or a transplant. Breakthrough research indicates that patients' own kidney cells can be ... > full story -
Man to Receive Kidney from Brother With Different Blood Type: Novel Blood-Cleaning Procedure Used for Kidney Transplant
July 26, 2011 — St. Michael's Hospital is the first in North America to use a novel blood-cleaning procedure for a kidney patient that will allow the patient to receive a transplant from a donor with a different ... > full story -
IV Fluids May Reduce Severity of Kidney Failure in Kids With E. Coli Infection
July 22, 2011 — Infection with E. coli bacteria can wreak havoc in children, leading to bloody diarrhea, fever and kidney failure. But giving children intravenous fluids early in the course of an E. coli O157:H7 ... > full story
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