Today in the United States, about two out of every 1,000 people live with kidney failure. For every one white person who develops the disease, three Black people do. Kidney failure, also known as end-stage renal failure or ...
Mar 22, 2023
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Tanzania has dispatched a team of health experts to investigate a mysterious disease that has claimed the lives of five people, the government said.
Mar 17, 2023
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I have a loved one who was referred for hospice care. I'm not sure what this means. Can you share more about what hospice care is and how it may help my family member?
Mar 16, 2023
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March is National Kidney Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about the difference between two kidney disorders—kidney cysts and polycystic kidney disease.
Mar 10, 2023
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For the first time, we have the tools to greatly reduce kidney disease. How can we make sure they get to those who need them?
Mar 9, 2023
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an independent risk factor for heart diseases, such as heart attacks, strokes or heart failure. A new study by investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass ...
Mar 8, 2023
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Researchers from the University of Calgary, the Interdisciplinary Chronic Disease Collaboration (ICDC), and social impact creative agency Emergence Creative are announcing dramatic results that demonstrate a significant improvement ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Compared to other races, African American patients are more likely to experience premature arteriovenous (AV) graft failure in the treatment of advanced kidney failure, according to a study published today in Radiology.
Feb 21, 2023
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Mass General Brigham was one of the first institutions to remove race as a variable in formulas used to estimate glomerular filtration rate, the standard measure of kidney function. A national task force recommended that ...
Feb 14, 2023
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Patients with heart failure often suffer from co-morbidities, which places a great strain on the health care services, a multinational study published in Heart reports. The researchers, who are based at Karolinska Institutet, ...
Feb 13, 2023
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