Among children with kidney disease, certain races are less likely to get kidney transplants and are more likely to die than other races, according to two studies from Emory University that were presented during the American ...
Nov 10, 2011
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Research findings from Rutgers, the University of Michigan, the University of Texas Southwestern, and the Medical University of South Carolina could save lives by enabling faster and more accurate identification of hospitalized ...
Mar 27, 2023
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Drug-induced acute liver failure is uncommon, and over-the-counter medications and dietary and herbal supplements—not prescription drugs—are its most common causes, according to new research from the Perelman School of ...
Mar 3, 2015
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Among adults with kidney failure in need of a transplant, socioeconomic status and medical illnesses likely contribute to racial disparities in being put on transplant wait lists. The findings come from a study that will ...
May 7, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Despite a rising incidence of kidney disease, rates of kidney failure and related deaths are declining in the United States, according to a new report.
Jan 8, 2015
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support in awake, non-intubated patients may be an effective strategy for bridging patients to lung transplantation, according to a new study from Germany.
Jan 20, 2012
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The best hope for people with an inherited form of kidney disease that causes kidney failure is dialysis or a kidney transplant. But a study led by Yale researchers reveals a potential strategy for developing new drug therapies ...
May 8, 2019
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Over two million people worldwide depend on dialysis or a kidney transplant, according to the National Kidney Foundation. Globally, the number of individuals facing kidney failure has climbed 35 percent since 2009 and nearly ...
Aug 24, 2023
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Kidneys donated by people born with a small variation in the code of a key gene may be more likely, once in the transplant recipient, to accumulate scar tissue that contributes to kidney failure, according to a study led ...
Dec 1, 2014
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There is an urgent need to increase the number of organ donors from black and minority ethnic (BME) groups in countries with a strong tradition of immigration, such as the UK, USA, Canada and the Netherlands, in order to ...
Feb 15, 2012
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