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Kidney Tumors Have a Mind of Their Own
November 21, 2012 — New research has found there are several different ways that kidney tumors can achieve the same result -- namely, ... > full story -
More Work Needed on Models to Predict Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease
November 20, 2012 — Models used for predicting the likelihood of individuals developing chronic kidney disease and for predicting disease progression in people who already have the condition are useful tools but not yet ... > full story -
Decreased Kidney Function Leads to Decreased Cognitive Functioning, Study Finds
November 19, 2012 — Decreased kidney function is associated with decreased cognitive functioning in areas such as global cognitive ability, abstract reasoning and verbal memory, according to new research. This is the ... > full story -
Low Levels of Donor-Specific Antibodies Increase Risks for Transplant Recipients
November 15, 2012 — Kidney transplant recipients who have even very low levels of preformed antibodies directed against a donated kidney have a significantly increased risk of organ rejection and kidney failure, ... > full story -
Genetic Defense Mechanism May Offer Biological Clue to Racial Disparities in Kidney Disease
November 12, 2012 — Genetic changes that protected their ancestors against fly-borne parasites may partly explain why African-Americans with lupus are up to five times more likely to develop end-stage kidney disease ... > full story -
Black Patients With Kidney Cancer Have Poorer Survival Than Whites, Study Finds
November 12, 2012 — Among patients with the most common form of kidney cancer, whites consistently have a survival advantage over blacks, regardless of patient and tumor characteristics or surgical treatment. That is ... > full story -
Circulating Blood Factor Linked With a Leading Cause of Kidney Failure
November 8, 2012 — Patients with a disease that is a leading cause of kidney failure tend to have high levels of a particular factor circulating in their blood, according to a study. The findings suggest that the ... > full story -
Cystic Kidney Growth Curbed
November 5, 2012 — Autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is one of the most common genetic disorders, affecting one in every 1,000 people and responsible for up to ten percent of patients on dialysis ... > full story -
Advancing Understanding of Treatment Through Clinical Trials
November 4, 2012 — Medical researchers have new information on drugs being tested in patients with diabetes or kidney ... > full story -
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Drug Doesn't Significantly Lower Risk of Major Heart Problems in Dialysis Patients
November 4, 2012 — In one of the largest and longest trials involving patients with kidney failure, a study led by an international team of researchers found that cinacalcet -- a drug commonly prescribed to patients ... > full story
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