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March 23, 2009

Kidney Awareness Month (Wk 4) – Kidney Headline News

Proteinuria Varies in Pediatric Chronic Kidney Disease Risk …
Modern Medicine – Woodcliff Lake,NJ,USA
MONDAY, March 23 (HealthDay News) — In children with mild to moderate chronic kidney disease, proteinuria may be associated with disease cause and race, …


Expanded criteria donors offer hope for patients needing kidney …

Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants – New York,NY,USA
The National Kidney Foundation says that “rates of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the United States have increased by more than 20% over the [p]ast decade, …

Protein from peas may fight high blood pressure and kidney disease
Examiner.com – USA
The mixture was given with feed to a group of rats that had chronic kidney disease, while another group of rats received regular feed without the mixture. …

Dr. Kevin Koshy: Love your kidneys
The Salem News – Beverly,MA,USA
This is National Kidney Month. The hope is it will lead to activities designed to build kidney disease awareness and educate those at risk about the …

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March 16, 2009

Kidney Awareness Month (Wk 3) – Kidney Headline News

DaVita Raises Awareness on World Kidney Day
PR Newswire (press release) – New York,NY,USA
In partnership with The Kidney TRUST(TM) — a nonprofit organization focused on fighting kidney disease — DaVita is launching their 4th Annual Kidney …

World Kidney Day improves awareness
WLFI.com – West Lafayette,IN,USA
March 12 is World Kidney Day and Clarian Arnett Health is joining efforts to raise awareness about chronic kidney disease. There are risk factors and …

World Kidney Day: Kidney Disease Survivors Alonzo Mourning & Sean …

Blackvoices – USA
After battling kidney disease for years, both men had to step away from their beloved sport to undergo kidney transplants. Now healthy, thriving and …

Specialist aware residents of kidney disease

Brownsville Herald – TX United States
Garcia has spent four years on dialysis after being diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease, and feels better now because he’s receiving proper treatment, …

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March 9, 2009

Kidney Awareness Month (Wk 2) – Kidney Headline News

Campaign highlights reducing kidney disease
San Angelo Standard Times – san angelo,tx,USA
This year, the campaign is highlighting the importance of high blood pressure as the key symptom and cause of chronic kidney disease. …

Chronic kidney disease unknown by most Americans because of lack …

LubbockOnline.com – Lubbock,TX,USA
One disease that appears to be off the radar for many Americans is chronic kidney disease or CKD. Most people feel fine because of lack of symptoms, …

Measuring Quality of Life in Patients with Hereditary Kidney Disease
Newswise (press release) – USA
Findings indicate that patients with this condition, (the most common form of hereditary kidney disease) need better tests to adequately measure quality of …

Daniels proclaims March as Kidney Month
Terre Haute Tribune Star – Terre Haute,IN,USA
Nearly 600000 Hoosiers suffer from chronic kidney disease, a condition in which their kidneys are not functioning properly. Most of these individuals don’t …

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March 2, 2009

Kidney Awareness Month – Kidney Headline News


10 facts about diabetes and kidney disease in US-Latinos
La Prensa – Toledo,Ohio,USA
This increases their chances of developing serious complications such as chronic kidney disease 2 , heart disease and strokes. …

Nocturnal Hemodialysis Found Not to Improve Quality of Life
Renal and Urology News – New York,NY,USA
The investigators also evaluated the two groups using the Kidney Disease Quality of Life Short Form. Compared with CHD patients, NHD patients had …

The Merck Company Foundation Launches Five-Year Effort to Close …
MarketWatch (press release) – USA
African-Americans with diabetes are more likely to experience kidney disease and amputations of lower extremities (legs and feet). …

Diabetes in American Youth: High Rates in Those Under Age 20
HealthNewsDigest.com – New York,NY,USA
… which is a major risk factor for many long-term, serious complications including vision-threatening eye disease, kidney disease, and heart disease. …

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February 16, 2009

Watching your dietary intake – Kidney Headline News

Drinking Soda Pop Doubles Risk of Kidney Disease
Natural News.com – Phoenix,AZ,USA
But, especially if you are a woman, you could be setting yourself up for kidney disease. Researchers from Loyola University Health System say they’ve found …


Dietary Aid Helps Kidney Patients Stay Safe

U.S. News & World Report – Washington,DC,USA
10 (HealthDay News) — Too much dietary intake of phosphorus can be dangerous for people with kidney disease, but a new educational aid helps patients …


Fluoridation Ineffective & Harmful, studies show

Cherry Hill Courier Post – Cherry Hill,NJ,USA
… the National Kidney Foundation dropped its fluoridation support replacing it with this caution: “Individuals with CKD [Chronic Kidney Disease] should be …

Fast food could harm kidney patients
NDTV.com – New Delhi,India
People with advanced kidney disease should avoid fast and processed food that contains phosphorus additives. High blood levels of phosphorus can lead to …

Task Force Alerting Nevadans to ‘Silent’ Killer Disease Crisis
SYS-CON Media – Montvale,NJ,USA
17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Chronic kidney disease (CKD), which affects 20 million people, is now the ninth leading cause of death in the US and it is …

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February 2, 2009

Kidney Treatment Studies – Kidney Headline News

Kidney Function Test May Not Be Cost-Effective
U.S. News & World Report – Washington,DC,USA
Among 10000 people, eGFR reporting would have led to an average of 13 fewer deaths and 29 fewer cases of end-stage kidney disease than serum creatinine …

Blood and urine protein predicts CKD progression
NephrOnline – Scottsdale,AZ,USA
Measuring a small protein in the blood and urine can predict which patients with non-advanced chronic kidney disease will progress to a more serious form of …
Potential New Target For Hypertension Treatment Discovered
Science Daily (press release) – USA
Some people only learn that they have HBP after it causes health problems, such as coronary heart disease, stroke, or kidney failure. …

Study: Blood Pressure Predicts Heart Disease
Ivanhoe – Winter Park,FL,USA
(Ivanhoe Newswire) — An inexpensive and non-invasive test can effectively indicate which kidney disease patients are at an increased risk of developing …

Study: Kidney donors do well over long term
FierceHealthcare – Washington,DC,USA
… are required to be healthy, have no kidney problems, and have no issues with high blood pressure or diabetes, both big contributors to kidney disease.

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January 26, 2009

Equation for Good Health – Kidney Headline News

‘Haufen’ Might Help Diagnose Viral Kidney Disease Polyomavirus …
Modern Medicine – Woodcliff Lake,NJ,USA
Haufen — which is German for “cluster” — were detected in samples from all 21 patients with BKN in early and late stages of the disease, the researchers …

Study Identifies Gender Bias in Kidney Transplants
HealthNews – Carslbad,CA,USA
Because of a shortage in donor organs, many Americans with chronic kidney disease wait years for a transplant, and some die before ever making it to the …

New Equation Provides Accurate Estimate of Pediatric Renal Function
MedPage Today – Little Falls,NJ,USA
So they set out to develop a more accurate formula using baseline data from 349 children ages one to 16 who were enrolled in the Chronic Kidney Disease in …


New form of intravenous iron treats anemia in chronic kidney …

EurekAlert (press release) – Washington,DC,USA
… rapid administration of large doses, has been shown to be effective for treating iron deficiency in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients on dialysis, …

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January 19, 2009

Warning Signs – Kidney Headline News

How to learn about product warnings
Philadelphia Inquirer – Philadelphia,PA,USA
Topping the list was aristolochic acid, which it said is a potent carcinogen and has been linked to kidney failure. Also named was kava, a South Pacific …

Cutting Back On Diabetes Meds May Be Safe With Doctor’s Okay
MyNC.com – Raleigh,NC,USA
… three or four blood pressure medications, one or two for cholesterol and then medicines for heart disease, kidney disease or nerve disease,” said Buse, …

Kidney Disease: Many Older Adults Could Be At Risk

Greeneville Sun – Greeneville,TN,USA
By LISA WARREN Chronic kidney disease can affect persons of all ages – but it has become increasingly common among older adults in recent years, …

Chronic kidney disease can be prevented
News Chief – Winter Haven,FL,USA
BY GORDON J. RAFOOL In the United States, chronic kidney disease kills thousands of people annually. The National Kidney Foundation defines chronic kidney …

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January 12, 2009

The Complications of Anemia – Kidney Headline News

Tracking and Treating Anemia in Elderly Patients
National Anemia Action Council – Milwaukee,WI,USA
11 Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is exceedingly common in the elderly, since renal function declines with age. CKD commonly leads to anemia, and is another …

Anemia and Risk of Hospitalization in Pediatric Chronic Kidney Disease
National Anemia Action Council – Milwaukee,WI,USA
Anemia is a common complication of chronic kidney disease (CKD), and is largely due to a decrease in erythropoietin production. In both pediatric and adult …

Task force recommends more funding to fight chronic kidney disease

News-Leader.com – Springfield,MO,USA
By Mike Penprase • News-Leader • January 10, 2009 An increasing rate of chronic kidney disease in Missouri should prompt more spending to fight a disease …

Hypertension Is a Major Complication for Kidney Disease Patients …
Insciences Organisation – Basel,Switzerland
Approximately 26 million Americans have chronic kidney disease. An estimated 50 percent of these patients will not die of kidney failure, …

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January 5, 2009

“Your Health in 2009″ – Kidney Headline News

Lakeland HealthCare looking to your good health in 2009

Niles Daily Star – MI, USA… the disease is critical to successful treatment in order to delay or prevent complications such as heart disease, stroke, blindness, and kidney disease. …

America Losing the Fight With Type 2 Diabetes
Washington Post – United States
… wave of illnesses and disabilities brought on by diabetes — heart disease and stroke, blindness, amputations, kidney disease and nervous system damage. …

Better Patient Outcomes With Drug Eluting Stents
Science Daily (press release) – USA
Patients with drug eluting stents were more likely to be female, with higher rates of kidney disease, diabetes, high cholesterol and hypertension. …

Are diabetes drugs safe?
Malaysia Star – Malaysia
Thus appropriate medication is important in the prevention of, rather than the cause, of kidney disease. The misconception may have been further fuelled by …

Ahead of the Bell: AMAG Pharmaceuticals
Forbes – NY,USA
The drug is aimed at treating iron deficiency anemia in chronic kidney disease patients. AMAG said it believes no additional studies are required. …

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