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 …

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. …

Molecule That Kills Kidney Cancer Cells Discovered
Science Daily (press release) – USA
ScienceDaily (July 7, 2008) — Kidney cancer patients generally have one option for beating their disease: surgery to remove the organ. …

Drastically Lowering Blood Sugar Could Harm Diabetics
Discover Magazine – New York,NY,USA
There was one promising result in the Australian study: The patients with very low blood-sugar levels had fewer cases of kidney disease, …

Chronic Kidney Disease: The Underrecognized Epidemic
Medical News Today – UK
Chronic kidney disease, CKD, is not well known in the public. However, its high prevalence and associated mortality should make the condition a public …

Overnight dialysis helps patients manage time
Southtown Star – Chicago,IL,USA
Of those suffering from kidney disease, some are born with it or inherit it. Those who do not monitor their diabetes or hypertension can get kidney disease. …