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Weight Loss Is Good For The Kidneys, Study Finds
September 17, 2009 — Losing weight may preserve kidney function in obese people with kidney disease, according to a new study. The findings indicate that taking off the pounds could be an important step kidney disease ... > full story -
In-Hospital Kidney Injury Requiring Dialysis Linked To Risk Of Chronic Dialysis
September 15, 2009 — Hospitalized patients who experience acute kidney problems that require dialysis are at increased risk of receiving chronic dialysis once discharged, but do not have an increased risk of death, ... > full story -
Link Found Between Depression, Early Stages Of Chronic Kidney Disease
September 8, 2009 — One in five patients with chronic kidney disease is depressed, even before beginning long-term dialysis therapy or developing end-stage renal disease, researchers have ... > full story -
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New Mouse Model Of Severe Kidney Disease Leads To Potential New Therapy
September 1, 2009 — X-linked nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (XNDI) is a severe congenital kidney disease for which there is no specific, effective drug treatment, mainly because there are no good animal models of the ... > full story -
Cardiac Arrest Casualties Form Valuable Source Of Donor Kidneys
August 27, 2009 — A pilot study of a system for harvesting kidneys from non-heart-beating donors where attempts of resuscitation after a witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest have failed (uncontrolled NHBDs) ... > full story -
Blood Thinner Causes Stroke In Some Dialysis Patients, Study Suggests
August 27, 2009 — The blood thinner warfarin can prevent strokes in most individuals with abnormal heart rhythms, but the drug may have the opposite effect in kidney disease patients on dialysis, according to a new ... > full story -
Patients With Renal Disease Under-Treated After Myocardial Infarction
August 26, 2009 — People with kidney disease undergo balloon dilation treatment after myocardial infarction less frequently, and therefore have a poorer prognosis, researchers ... > full story -
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Hello Wearable Kidney, Goodbye Dialysis Machine
August 20, 2009 — Researchers are developing a Wearable Artificial Kidney for dialysis ... > full story -
Increasing The Number Of Kidney Transplants: Extending The Gift Of Life From Very Young Donors
August 20, 2009 — In most transplant centers, the kidneys of very young deceased donors are transplanted together into one patient. According to a new study, a single kidney from a very young deceased donor maintains ... > full story -
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Night Home Hemodialysis Shown To Be As Good As Transplant In Treating Kidney Failure
August 20, 2009 — For the first time, it has been shown that patients who receive night home hemodialysis live just as long as those who receive kidney transplants from deceased ... > full story
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