August 31, 2009
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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 …
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August 10, 2009
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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. …
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