Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fatty acids supplements help offset inflammation
Taking a fatty acid supplement can help reduce inflammation for people with chronic kidney disease (CKD), research has found.
Jun 15, 2015
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News tagged with chronic renal disease
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Why kidney disease damages the vascular system
Modified "good" cholesterol (HDL) and the activation of specific genes are causes of damage to the vascular system in chronic renal disease. These fundamental findings are the result of a recently completed project supported ...
Jun 8, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney dz pain often refractory
(HealthDay)—The etiology of pain in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is complex, and management of pain should be approached in a stepwise manner, according to a review published in the May issue of The Journal ...
May 9, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Preliminary safety findings: IFN-free DAA comb. with dasabuvir in chronic HCV patients
Preliminary data from an ongoing study revealed today at The International Liver Congress 2015 suggest that a combination of three direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) plus dasabuvir is well tolerated in patients with severe renal ...
Apr 25, 2015
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Health
Five percent of seniors discharged from ER admitted within days
(HealthDay)—Nearly 5 percent of older Medicare beneficiaries seen in the emergency department have a hospital inpatient admission within seven days after discharge, according to a study published in the January issue of ...
Jan 23, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Kidney failure later in life can be predicted based on measurements taken in adolescence
Researchers at Örebro University found that high blood pressure, being overweight, elevation of a blood marker indicating inflammation, or the presence of protein in the urine in otherwise healthy teenage males were all ...
Nov 5, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fewer women than men receive hemodialysis treatment
Fewer women than men are treated with dialysis for end-stage kidney disease, according to a new comprehensive analysis of sex-specific differences in treatment published this week in PLOS Medicine. The results of the study, ...
Oct 28, 2014
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Medical research
Novel RNAi-based therapy for anemia stimulates liver to produce EPO
To treat the debilitating anemia associated with reduced erythropoietin (EPO) production by the kidneys in chronic renal disease, patients are often given recombinant human EPO to increase hemoglobin levels. But that treatment ...
Oct 16, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Rats of New York and the diseases they carry
In the first study to look at would-be diseases carried by New York City rats, scientists at the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health identified bacterial pathogens, including ...
Oct 14, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Study confirms clinical benefit for interleukin-2 immunotherapy in patients with advanced kidney cancer
(Medical Xpress)—A retrospective study published online ahead of print in the medical journal Urology by a physician team from Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) found that patients with metastatic kidney cancer—even ...
May 7, 2014
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