Health
High blood pressure hurts the kidneys
Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a common problem that affects the body's arteries. If you have high blood pressure, the heart has to work harder to pump blood.
Mar 27, 2024
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News tagged with kidney patients
Health informatics
Friend or foe: A closer look at the role of health care algorithms in racial and ethnic disparities
For years, it was harder for Black patients to secure a coveted spot on the national kidney transplant waitlist because a clinical algorithm was making Black patients appear healthier than they were. After a Penn Medicine ...
Mar 25, 2024
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Surgery
Surgeons implant pig kidney into first living human patient
For the first time ever, doctors have transplanted a genetically edited pig kidney into a human suffering from advanced kidney failure.
Mar 21, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Inorganic nitrate can help protect patients against kidney damage caused during coronary angiographic procedures
A five-day course of once-daily inorganic nitrate reduces the risk of a serious complication following a coronary angiogram, in which the dye used causes damage to the kidneys. The clinical trial, led by Queen Mary University ...
Mar 18, 2024
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Medical economics
Study finds facilities treating poor patients penalized by CMS payment model
A new study of more than 2,000 dialysis facilities randomized to a new Medicare payment model aimed to improve outcomes for patients with end-stage kidney disease has found that facilities that disproportionately serve populations ...
Mar 6, 2024
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Health
Study demonstrates one of the reasons why the Mediterranean diet improves kidney health in patients with diabetes
The Mediterranean diet garners praise once again, with another study ratifying its list of health benefits. In addition to preventing cardiovascular accidents, boosting the immune system, and averting oxidative stress, this ...
Feb 20, 2024
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Medical research
Unveiling uremic toxins linked to itching in hemodialysis patients
Hemodialysis patients commonly experience itching on a daily basis, which is distributed throughout their bodies. A research team led by Dr. Yamamoto has found several uremic toxins that cause itching in hemodialysis patients. ...
Feb 19, 2024
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Medical research
Commercial AI tool moderately successful at predicting hospitalization-related kidney injury
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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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The uncertain fate of patients needing life-saving dialysis treatment in Gaza
More than 100 days into the brutal assault on Gaza, over 27,000 Palestinians have been killed—of whom 60 percent have been children and women—and 66,000 injured, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Feb 6, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Two cases show COVID virus mutating around standard treatment remdesivir
Patients with weakened immune systems could be inadvertently helping COVID-19 develop resistance to the antiviral drug remdesivir, a new study reports.
Jan 23, 2024
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