Arthritis & Rheumatism

Vigilance for kidney problems key for rheumatoid arthritis patients

Rheumatoid arthritis patients are likelier than the average person to develop chronic kidney disease, and more severe inflammation in the first year of rheumatoid arthritis, corticosteroid use, high blood pressure and obesity ...

Other

First, second kidney transplants have similar success: study

(HealthDay) -- One failed kidney transplant doesn't mean a second transplant is likely to fail, according to a new study that found similar kidney survival, rejection and infection rates in people who undergo repeat transplants ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Study: Dialysis 3 times weekly might not be enough

A major study challenges the way diabetics and others with failing kidneys have been treated for half a century, finding that three-times-a-week dialysis to cleanse the blood of toxins may not be enough.

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