Glucagon, a hormone best known for promoting blood sugar production in the liver, also appears to play a key role in maintaining kidney health. When UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers removed receptors for this hormone ...
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To prevent an emerging genomic technology from contributing to health disparities, a scientific team has devised new ways to improve a genetic testing method called a polygenic risk score. Since polygenic risk scores have ...
Feb 19, 2024
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Hospital-acquired acute kidney injury (HA-AKI) is a common complication in hospitalized patients that can lead to chronic kidney disease and is associated with longer hospital stays, higher health care costs and increased ...
Feb 18, 2024
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Working with an international consortium, scientists at Leipzig University have identified new genes that may play a role in chronic kidney disease. They analyzed data from more than 900,000 people and found effects that ...
Feb 7, 2024
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Ordering a palliative care consultation by "default"—via an automatic order programmed into the electronic medical record that doctors may cancel if they choose—is an effective strategy to give more hospitalized patients ...
Jan 16, 2024
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In a clinical trial of patients with chronic kidney disease, an experimental drug significantly reduced albuminuria—albumin in urine, a sign of kidney damage—for 50% of participants. When the experimental drug was paired ...
Dec 15, 2023
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Fibrosis is associated with various chronic and life-threatening conditions, including pulmonary fibrosis, liver cirrhosis, kidney disease, and cardiovascular diseases, among others. These conditions collectively contribute ...
Dec 14, 2023
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Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health care system, have found that statins, the most prescribed class of drugs to treat high cholesterol, reduced the risk of heart ...
Dec 6, 2023
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3D eye scans can reveal vital clues about kidney health that could help to track the progression of disease, research suggests. The advance could revolutionize the monitoring of kidney disease, which often progresses without ...
Dec 5, 2023
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According to nephrologist Dr. Amit Garg, for those with advanced chronic kidney disease, the treatment options are stark: continuous dialysis or a kidney transplant to survive.
Nov 6, 2023
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