DaVita Diet Helper at DaVita.com Assists More Than 6000 Kidney …
Trading Markets (press release) – Los Angeles,CA,USA
DaVita Diet Helper recently registered its 6000th user with later-stage kidney disease and the number is still growing. The online tool is an interactive …

Statins and ACE inhibitors in adolescents with diabetes
Nursing in Practice – London,England,UK
Statins and ACE inhibitors have been shown to help reduce the risk of cardiovascular and kidney disease in adults with diabetes, but the Adolescent Type 1 …

Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease on Darbepoetin Therapy Do Not …
DG News – USA
[Presentation title: Population Pharmacokinetics of Darbepoetin Alfa in Peritoneal Dialysis and Non-Dialysis Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease After …

Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes is crucial
New Europe – Brussels,Belgium
… cause of blindness and visual disability, kidney failure, heart disease, neuropathy and diabetic foot disease, which can lead to foot or leg amputation. …

Sept. 14-20 named PKD awareness week
Deseret News – Salt Lake City,UT,USA
14-20 as National Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Week. Hatch said that while it is not well known, the disease afflicts 600000 Americans and 12 million …

Newly Found Gene Variants Account For Kidney Diseases Among …
Science Daily (press release) – USA
The researchers studied nondiabetic kidney diseases that can lead to chronic kidney disease and, in severe cases, to kidney failure requiring long-term …

Kidney disease increases risk of complications
Reuters – USA
By Karla Gale NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Chronic kidney disease puts hospitalized patients at increased risk for adverse events related to potential lapses …

DaVita Prepares Florida Dialysis Patients for Hurricane Ike
MarketWatch – USA
For additional information please visit DaVita.com for material including articles on Emergency preparedness for people with kidney disease and Preparing …

Hospitalized Patients With CKD Are At Increased Risk Of Being …
Science Daily (press release) – USA
4, 2008) — Hospitalized patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at higher risk for adverse consequences of medical care compared with those without …

Hydrating Kidney Patients With Sodium Bicarb Has Little Effect
U.S. News & World Report – Washington,DC,USA
3 (HealthDay News) — Hydrating kidney disease patients with sodium bicarbonate during coronary angiography is no more effective in reducing the risk of …

N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (NT-proBNP …
RedOrbit – Dallas,TX,USA
Natriuretic peptides have emerged as valuable biomarkers of cardiovascular risk in the general population and in patients with cardiac and kidney disease …

Inexpensive drug improves kidney function in diabetics
NephrOnline – Scottsdale,AZ,USA
Pentoxifylline, a drug used to treat patients with circulation problems, may also benefit those with kidney disease caused by diabetes and other conditions. …

Blood pressure pill works well in kids, study shows
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
Hypertension is rare in young children, typically caused by underlying kidney disease or other secondary causes. The current study provides the first …

Life on Dialysis: A Treatment Option for Kidney Failure
First Coast News – Jacksonville,FL,USA
But the new kidney didn’t take. “I don’t know the donor of that. Unfortunately, he had a disease I didn’t have and he contracted it and I nearly died from …

Damaged kidneys won’t filter toxins out of bloodstream
Jackson Clarion Ledger – Jackson,MS,USA
Experts estimate 10 to 20 million people have kidney disease but don’t know it. Millions of people have only half their normal kidney function but have no …