News tagged with kidney transplantation

Related topics: kidney failure , kidney disease , kidney , kidney transplant




Study suggests new source of kidneys for transplant

Nearly 20 percent of kidneys that are recovered from deceased donors in the U.S. are refused for transplant due to factors ranging from scarring in small blood vessels of the kidney's filtering units to the organ going too ...

Medical research created May 20, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers link facial structure to kidney disease

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at King's College London's Dental Institute have shown that people with a certain kind of kidney disease have characteristic facial features that may reflect the genetic mutation ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New approaches in treating complicated childhood polycystic kidney disease

A collaborative team of physician-scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute has developed a new evidence-based, clinical algorithm to help physicians treat ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 26, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US sues Novartis in NY again, cites doc kickbacks

The U.S. government sued Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. again on Friday, saying it paid kickbacks for a decade to doctors to steer patients toward its drugs, sometimes disguising fishing trips off the Florida coast and trips ...

Medications created Apr 26, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0