Almost all people with pre-dialysis kidney disease should receive statins by current guidelines, reports a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).
Nov 13, 2014
Researchers at UC Davis and other institutions have found that diets rich in whole walnuts or walnut oil slowed prostate cancer growth in mice. In addition, both walnuts and walnut oil reduced cholesterol and increased insulin ...
Nov 13, 2014
What makes some women more susceptible to heart disease than others? To help answer that question, researchers at Western University's Robarts Research Institute have identified that an estrogen receptor, previously shown ...
Nov 13, 2014
Transplanted kidneys may not function long-term if they come from donors with variants in a particular gene, according to a study that will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2014 November 11-16 at the Pennsylvania Convention ...
Nov 13, 2014
A telemedicine program to screen for diabetic retinopathy (a leading cause of blindness) at urban clinics and a pharmacy predominantly serving racial/ethnic minority and uninsured patients with diabetes found the condition ...
Nov 13, 2014
A 91-year-old Polish woman surprised morgue workers when she started moving, 11 hours after being declared dead at home, public television reported Thursday.
Nov 13, 2014
