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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

Risk of death has decreased for children initially treated with dialysis for ESKD

In a study that included more than 20,000 patients, there was a significant decrease in the United States in mortality rates over time among children and adolescents initiating end-stage kidney disease treatment with dialysis ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Robotic transplant an option for obese kidney patients

Obese patients who received robotic kidney transplants had fewer wound complications than patients who received traditional "open" transplant surgery, according to surgeons at the University of Illinois Hospital ...

Surgery created May 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More African-Americans have kidney transplants, but few are from live donors

While the percentage of kidney transplants involving live donors has remained stable for other minority populations, African Americans have seen a decline in live donors even as more of them receive kidney transplants, according ...

Surgery created May 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | 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

NY lawsuit accuses Novartis of health care fraud

The U.S. government sued Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. Tuesday, claiming it gave kickbacks to pharmacies to switch kidney transplant patients from competitors' drugs to its own.

Medications created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0