Type 1 diabetes affects every aspect of daily life
USA Today
Untreated hyperglycemia, when blood sugar runs too high, can lead to long-term problems over the years, including kidney disease, blindness and limb …
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Treating anaemia in patients with kidney disease
The Virtual Medical Centre
In light of recent findings that an anaemia-fighting drug doubles the risk of stroke in patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD) without …

Control kidney disease through diet
Times of India
Although chronic kidney disease has silently afflicted a large number of Indians, a strictly regimented diet and lifestyle can ease the disease burden. …

Living the sweet life
Malaysia Star
… diabetes or pre-diabetes are often told about the long-term complications – heart attack and stroke, blindness, kidney disease, and limb amputations. …

Severe Kidney Disease Needs Complex Management Case vignette describes …
ModernMedicine
6 (HealthDay News) — Aggressive management is required for patients with stage IV chronic kidney disease, according to an article in the Jan. …

Pharmacists Improve Care of Diabetics While Cutting Costs, Research Shows
Science Daily (press release)
Higher A1Cs indicate that a patient is at higher risk for developing long-term complications associated with diabetes, such as kidney disease or vision …

Losing weight may help preserve kidney function: a video Health Tip
Plain Dealer
By Robert Higgs, The Plain Dealer Video: Dr. Sankar Navaneethan of the Cleveland Clinic discusses potential benefits that obese people with kidney disease …

Prognosis: Numbers Rise in a Diabetes Forecast
New York Times
As affected people live longer, they will have more opportunities to develop complications, including end-stage kidney disease, amputations and blindness, …

Dramatic Surge in Diabetes Expected by 2034
HealthNews
… damaging nerves and blood vessels and leading to complications, such as heart disease, end-stage kidney disease, stroke, blindness, and amputation. …

Better health, take charge: Basic lifestyle changes can fend off hypertension
Memphis Commercial Appeal
If you have diabetes or heart or kidney disease, you should get your pressure checked more often. Get off the couch. Control your weight and exercise. …

Why should we Stop Diabetes?
Louisville Courier-Journal
Every day, nearly 200 people with diabetes have parts of their leg amputated because of diabetic neuropathy, 120 people enter end-stage kidney disease …

Hardworking kidneys deserve good treatment
The Durango Herald
Chronic kidney disease is among the leading causes of chronic illness in the United States. Death rates from chronic kidney disease in the United States …

Overnight dialysis is considered for patients
News Chief
… improve not only the quality but the cost of caring for end-stage kidney-disease patients – more than $60000 a year for each patient on hemodialysis. …

Kidney doctors concerned by Medicare financing
USA Today
Some of the many questions facing the care of kidney disease patients would require action by Congress, but other improvements could be achieved without any …

Top Ten Risk Factors for Chronic Kidney Disease
EmpowHer
Kidney failure, requiring dialysis or transplant, can often be prevented with early detection and treatment of chronic kidney disease. …

DIY dialysis: Home treatment returns kidney disease patients to …
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Of the 22 million Americans now with some form of kidney disease, about 390000 are sick enough to require dialysis to survive. In hemodialysis, the most …

At-home dialysis touted as the next best thing
Globe and Mail
21, 2009 10:20AM EDT Patients with life-threatening kidney disease who are treated with home dialysis have survival rates that are comparable to those who …

Dialysis treatment in USA: High costs, high death rates
USA Today
… and it needs the best justification imaginable that more dialysis would be better,” says Eggers, the kidney disease institute epidemiologist. …

Mutation in Renin Gene Linked to Inherited Kidney Disease
HealthNewsDigest.com
A genetic mutation in the gene that encodes renin was first identified as the cause of an hereditary kidney disease by a research group led by Stanislav …

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, …

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 …

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. …

March is National Kidney Month
UroToday – Berkeley,CA,USA
… 2009) are health awareness campaigns focusing on the importance of the kidneys and the reduction of the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its …

Hidden Phosphorus Food Additives Dangerous To Kidney Disease Patients
Science Daily (press release) – USA
20, 2009) — Advanced kidney disease patients have a list of foods they know to avoid because they naturally contain a high level of the mineral phosphorus, …

Chewing Gum Helps Treat Hyperphosphatemia In Kidney Disease Patients
Science Daily (press release) – USA
20, 2009) — Chewing gum made with a phosphate-binding ingredient can help treat high phosphate levels in dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) …

Kidney disease affects response to blood thinner
NephrOnline – Scottsdale,AZ,USA
“The information in our study may help doctors customize warfarin management in patients with kidney failure and lower the risk of complications,” said …

Why Use of Home-Based Dialysis Lags
Renal and Urology News – New York,NY,USA
There needs to be a lot of education done with primary-care doctors to start sending patients to nephrologists at late stage-3 kidney disease, …

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 …