Medicare to pay dialysis clinics for quality
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Diabetes is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease, with hypertension a close second, according to the US Renal Disease System. …

Pre-Dialysis Procedure Often Delayed in Poorer Communities
BusinessWeek
5 (HealthDay News) — Kidney disease patients in poor communities are less likely than patients in wealthier areas to receive optimal care before they start …

What Are The Consequences Of Diabetes?
WJTV

The consequences of uncontrolled diabetes are damage to the small and large blood vessels of your body, resulting in kidney disease, eye disease, …
Many with early-stage kidney disease need to be monitored for stroke
Dr. Cutler
A new study has found that millions of Americans in the early stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at an increased risk of having atrial fibrillation …

Basic tests predict type 2 diabetes
Cincinnati.com
Type 2 diabetes increases a person’s risk of developing heart disease, vision loss, kidney disease and other serious health problems later in life, …

Quitting smoking and diabetes risk
NHS Choices
The study was funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease. …

Diabetes: The silent epidemic
Macon Telegraph
… diabetes can still lead to very serious medical complications, including heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness and infections. …

Diabetes on the rise among older Mexican Americans
Reuters
At both time points, the rate of diabetes complications such as kidney disease and vision problems was the same, although people in the second group with …

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 …

Advance warning for kidney sufferers
South Devon Herald Express
The hospital say those suffering from Lupus have a higher risk of heart and kidney disease. When kidney problems are detected it is often irreversible, …












Foodborne disease can cause kidney failure, paralysis
Food Consumer
… in children in the US HUS can lead to death, or permanent health problems such as end-stage kidney disease, neurological complications and diabetes. …

Prevent kidney disease by saying no to diet sodas and excess salt
Natural News.com (registration)
(NaturalNews) According to the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), the number of people in the US diagnosed with kidney disease has doubled over the past …

Surgery Not Always Best for Narrowed Kidney Arteries
U.S. News & World Report
“In asymptomatic people with chronic kidney disease — people with severe hypertension — there is no benefit from subjecting them to a risky procedure of …

Bike tour raises money, awareness of kidney disease
Muskegon Chronicle – MLive.com
The Tour DaVita is a 250-mile bike ride aimed at raising funds and awareness for kidney disease. WEST MICHIGAN — Dietitian Jill Rosekrans-Gawne said she has …

Many on debilitating dialysis not told about transplantation option
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Dialysis does not cure kidney disease, which afflicts about 26 million Americans. Sign up for PghScience, the Pittsburgh Trib’s free weekly e-mail …

Experts: Crucial to get on waiting list as soon as possible
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Even though he was diagnosed with kidney disease five years ago, it wasn’t until two months ago that Cannon completed the required evaluation to be listed. …

Sleep Problems Common in Non-dialysis-dependent Children with …
Zikkir World (blog)
Sleep disorders are a common and under-recognized problem for children and adolescents with non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease (CKD), …

Vitamin D deficiency can be dangerous to your health
Clinton Herald
Patients with chronic kidney disease are especially susceptible due to the inability to convert Vitamin D to an active form, leading to Vitamin D deficiency …

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 …

Kidney Function: A Few Important Things You Should Know
LongIslandPress.com
The doctor’s recommendations and treatment plan can help a patient to slow the progression of kidney disease as much as possible. …

Could you be at risk for diabetes?
WREX-TV
Diabetes can lead to serious problems, such as kidney failure, blindness and heart disease. Some of these problems can be prevented, but only if the disease …

Electronic Nose Can Sniff Out Kidney Diseases and Lung Cancer
DOTmed.com (press release)
Of these, the team identified the five most important compounds that signal the development of kidney disease. The idea to use the electronic nose to test …

Immunoglobulin Can Predict Some Diabetic Complications
U.S. News & World Report
… urine at the start of the study were about three times more likely to suffer cardiovascular-related death or to progress to end-stage kidney disease. …

For Some Kidney Patients, Home Dialysis Is Better
MSN Health & Fitness
1, 2010, patients with chronic kidney disease must be counseled about their treatment options. This provision is intended to give patients an opportunity to …

Fresh-Meat Additives May Be Dangerous for Kidney Patients
U.S. News & World Report – Washington,DC,USA
THURSDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) — Additives used to “enhance” uncooked meat and poultry can pose serious health risks for people with kidney disease, …

Lab Test Predicts Acute Kidney Injury in ICU Patients
U.S. News & World Report – Washington,DC,USA
Another study in the journal showed the promise of this new test, as urine NGAL can help diagnose HIV-related kidney disease in African-Americans and black …

Prehypertension, Obesity And Kidney Disease Risks
Science Daily (press release) – USA
sciencedaily (July 21, 2009) — People with prehypertension are not at increased risk of kidney disease if their body mass index (BMI) is under 30.0 kg/m2, …

Diabetic teenagers in early intervention drugs trial
The Age – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Four in 10 will have severe kidney disease by the age of 50. The medications have been approved in Australia for use in children but not for the prevention …

EHR Aids Management of Chronic Disease
MedPage Today – Little Falls,NJ,USA
So the researchers conducted a longitudinal study of 10000 members of Kaiser Permanente Hawaii with chronic kidney disease. They looked at time periods …

Effects of fluoridated water on arthritis, hypothyroidism, kidney …
Examiner.com – USA
Here are just some of the potential health threats from fluoride in our diets and our water: arthritis, skeletal fluorosis, thyroid dysfunction, and kidney …