Since the progress of diabetic kidney disease is difficult to slow, many patients have to undergo dialysis or kidney transplantation. However, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have managed to prevent diabetic kidney function ...
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A new anti-inflammatory drug used by patients with type 2 diabetes improved their kidney function during a year-long study involving researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Jun 24, 2011
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A new study indicates that individuals with kidney failure, such as those undergoing dialysis and those who have received kidney transplants, experience higher risks of dying from cancer than people in the general population. ...
Feb 14, 2019
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People with polycystic kidney disease (PKD) could benefit from a moderate increase in water intake, according to new research.
Mar 7, 2019
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St. Michael's Hospital today became the first in North America to use a novel blood-cleaning procedure for a kidney patient that will allow him to receive a transplant from a donor with a different blood type.
Jul 26, 2011
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(HealthDay)—Including race coefficients in calculations of the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) contributes to racial disparities in preemptive listing of kidney transplant candidates, according to a study published ...
Jan 7, 2022
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Infections with cytomegalovirus (CMV) are extremely common and often pose no major threat to the vast majority of people. They can however be deadly for people whose immune system is weakened, for example, after bone marrow ...
Oct 17, 2023
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Adding immunotherapy to standard anti-rejection medication could change the lives of thousands of kidney transplant patients with incurable cancer, as new research shows it can reduce this risk of organ rejection and eliminate ...
Jul 18, 2022
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Scientists have discovered an important cell signaling pathway in the kidney which if stopped, could hold the key to treating chronic kidney disease as well as other deadly conditions, including heart attack and stroke.
Jun 15, 2020
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A kidney transplant is often denied to patients who are obese due to an increased risk of surgical complications, particularly infections. Surgeons at UI Heath—the clinical and academic health enterprise of the University ...
Nov 10, 2020
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